Per Maltby

Per Maltby (3 November 1933 – 24 May 2006) was a Norwegian astronomer.

He took his cand.real. degree at the University of Oslo in 1957, and was a research assistant there before becoming lecuter at the University of Bergen in 1960.^[1]

His specialties were solar physics and radioastronomy. He took the dr.philos. degree in 1964, was appointed as a lecturer of astrophysics at the University of Oslo in 1967, and was a professor from 1983. He published several books, including textbooks.^[2] At his death he was called "the most important pillar of Norwegian astrophysics and space research over the last 40 years".^[1]