James Roger Prior Angel is a British-born American astronomer, and is Regents Professor and Professor of Astronomy and Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. He graduated from St Peter's College, Oxford, with a BA, in 1963, from California Institute of Technology, with an MA in 1966, and from Oxford University, with a D Phil, in 1967. He has taught at Columbia University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1990. On August 23, 2012, Angel and his inventions were the subject of a story on NPR's Morning Edition. 

February 7th, 1941 in St Helens (Age 83)