Education
Wickramasinghe was educated at Royal College, Colombo, the University of Ceylon where he graduated in 1960 with a BSc First Class Honours degree in Mathematics, and at Trinity College, Cambridge and Jesus College, Cambridge (where he obtained his PhD and ScD degrees).
He was previously Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge (1963-1973); Professor and Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy at University College Cardiff (1973-1988); Professor in the School of Mathematics, University of Wales College of Cardiff (1988-1998); Professor and Director of the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology (1999-2011).
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