What is Heather Couper?
[[File:Heather Couper.jpg|thumb|200px|Heather Couper]] '''Heather Anita Couper''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|CBE|FInstP|FRAS}} (2 June 1949 – 19 February 2020) was a [[British people|British]] [[astronomer]], broadcaster and [[Popular science|science populariser]]. She was president of the [[British Astronomical Association]] from 1984 to 1986. Couper was born in [[Wallasey]], [[Cheshire]]. She studied [[astrophysics]] at the [[University of Leicester]] and researched clusters of [[Galaxy|galaxies]] at the [[University of Oxford]]. After this, she was named senior planetarium lecturer at the [[Royal Observatory, Greenwich]]. She also hosted two TV series on [[Channel 4]], ''The Planets'' and ''The Stars''. On radio, she presented the award-winning programme ''Britain's Space Race'' as well as the 30-part series ''Cosmic Quest'' for [[BBC Radio 4]]. She worked on the [[Millennium Commission]], for which she was named a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 2007. [[Asteroid]] [[List of minor planets: 3001–4000|3922 Heather]] is named in her honour. On 19 February 2020, Couper died of a short illness in [[Aylesbury]], [[Buckinghamshire]]. She was 70.<ref>{{Cite news|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=19 February 2020|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51562165|title=Heather Couper: Broadcaster and astronomer dies at 70|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Couper, Heather}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:BBC television presenters]] [[Category:Channel 4 presenters]] [[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:English astronomers]] [[Category:English radio personalities]] [[Category:English television presenters]] [[Category:Television personalities from Cheshire]] {{Bio-stub}} {{authority control}}