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Michael John Seaton FRS -LRB- 16 January 1923 -- 29 May 2007 -RRB- was an influential British mathematician , atomic physicist , and astronomer .. FRS. Fellow of the Royal Society. British. Great Britain. He was born in Bristol , and educated at Wallington County Grammar School -LRB- WCGS -RRB- , a grammar school in Surrey , where he won prizes for his achievements in chemistry .. Bristol. Bristol. Wallington County Grammar School. Wallington County Grammar School. grammar school. grammar school. Surrey. Surrey. From 1941 to 1946 he served in the wartime Royal Air Force as a Flight Lieutenant .. Royal Air Force. Royal Air Force. In this capacity he served first in RAF Bomber Command , navigating Avro Lancasters , and later in one of the elite Pathfinder squadrons , such was his capacity to apply his understanding of mathematics to the task before him .. RAF Bomber Command. RAF Bomber Command. Pathfinder. Pathfinder ( RAF ). After demobilisation , he returned to his studies , and the start of a long career at University College London .. University College London. University College London. Gaining a First Class BSc in physics just two years later , he continued , obtaining his PhD on Quantal Calculations of certain reaction rates with applications to Astrophysical and Geophysical problems in 1951 .. BSc. BSc. PhD. PhD. He later did important work on the Quantum Defect Theory .. Quantum Defect Theory. Quantum defect. With a break as Charge de Recherche at the Institut d'astrophysique de Paris from 1954 -- 55 , he rose through the ranks at the Department of Physics at UCL , becoming a Reader in 1959 , and Professor of Physics in 1963 .. Institut d'astrophysique de Paris. Institut d'astrophysique de Paris. He was made a Fellow of the College in 1972 , the year in which the Departments of Physics and Astronomy merged .. He held the status of Professor Emeritus and Honorary Research Fellow from 1988 until his death .. Professor Emeritus. Professor Emeritus. In 1964 he became Fellow-Adjoint at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics -LRB- JILA -RRB- in Boulder , Colorado , a combined venture between the American National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado .. Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics. Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics. National Institute of Standards and Technology. National Institute of Standards and Technology. University of Colorado. University of Colorado at Boulder. In 1967 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society .. Fellow of the Royal Society. Fellow of the Royal Society. Royal Society. Royal Society. He held Honorary Membership of the American Astronomical Society , awarded in 1983 , and was made Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1986 .. American Astronomical Society. American Astronomical Society. United States National Academy of Sciences. United States National Academy of Sciences. Seaton held the Presidency of the Royal Astronomical Society -LSB- RAS -RSB- between 1979 and 1981 , and was awarded its Gold Medal in 1983 .. Royal Astronomical Society. Royal Astronomical Society. Gold Medal. Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. This was followed by the Guthrie Medal and Prize , from the Institute of Physics in 1984 , and the Hughes Medal of the Royal Society in 1992 .. Hughes Medal. Hughes Medal. Royal Society. Royal Society. Guthrie Medal and Prize. Guthrie Medal and Prize. Institute of Physics. Institute of Physics. Seaton served as Senior Fellow to the Science and Engineering Research Council EPSRC , 1984-88 .. EPSRC. EPSRC. Other honours include  : Honorary Doctorate , Observatoire de Paris , 1976 ; Honorary DSc QUB , 1982 .. Observatoire de Paris. Observatoire de Paris. DSc. DSc. QUB. QUB