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William H. (Bill) Jefferys (born 1940) is a U.S. astronomer and a professor emeritus of astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin.

He specialized in astrometry, celestial mechanics and astrophysics, including the kinematics and dynamics of astronomical bodies. He has also worked in the field of Bayesian statistics, particularly with astronomical applications. Jefferys was the Hubble Space Telescope Astrometry Team leader, and participated in the project that repaired the Hubble Space Telescope after the discovery of its initial optical defect. Jefferys served as chairman of the University of Texas Department of Astronomy from 1994 to 1998. He retired in 2004 and moved to Vermont in 2005. He was appointed an adjunct professor of statistics at the University of Vermont in 2005.

He should not be confused with Harold Jeffreys, who was also both an astronomer and a Bayesian.

External link

Bill Jefferys homepage

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-'''William H. (Bill) Jefferys''' (1940- ) is a [[United States|U.S.]] [[astronomer]] and a [[professor emeritus]] of [[astronomy]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. He specialized in [[astrometry]], [[celestial mechanics]] and [[astrophysics]], including the [[kinematics]] and [[dynamics]] of astronomical bodies. He has also worked in the field of [[Bayesian statistics]], particularly with astronomical applications.  Jefferys was the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] Astrometry Team leader, and participated in the project that repaired the Hubble Space Telescope after the discovery of its initial [[optic|optical]] defect. Jefferys served as chairman of the University of Texas Department of Astronomy from 1994 to 1998. He retired in [[2004]] and moved to Vermont in 2005. He was appointed an [[adjunct professor]] of [[statistics]] at the [[University of Vermont]] in 2005.
+'''William H. (Bill) Jefferys''' (born 1940) is a [[United States|U.S.]] [[astronomer]] and a [[professor emeritus]] of [[astronomy]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]].
+He specialized in [[astrometry]], [[celestial mechanics]] and [[astrophysics]], including the [[kinematics]] and [[dynamics]] of astronomical bodies. He has also worked in the field of [[Bayesian statistics]], particularly with astronomical applications.  Jefferys was the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] Astrometry Team leader, and participated in the project that repaired the Hubble Space Telescope after the discovery of its initial [[optic|optical]] defect. Jefferys served as chairman of the University of Texas Department of Astronomy from 1994 to 1998. He retired in [[2004]] and moved to Vermont in 2005. He was appointed an [[adjunct professor]] of [[statistics]] at the [[University of Vermont]] in 2005.
 He should not be confused with [[Harold Jeffreys]], who was also both an astronomer and a Bayesian.