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The Professor of Astrophysics (1909) is one of the Professorships of Astronomy at Cambridge University. The chair is currently held at the Institute of Astronomy in the University.

The creation of this chair in Cambridge marked the formal recognition of the relatively new subject of Astrophysics and was created on the initative of the Chancellor Lord Rayleigh. The first elected professor to hold the chair was Hugh Newall. The chair was without a stipend until 1928, when Hugh Newall endowed it on his retirement.

Professors of Astrophysics

 * Hugh Newall (1909-1928)
 * F.J.M. Stratton (1928-1947)
 * R.O. Redman (1947-1971)
 * Donald Lynden-Bell (1971-1997)
 * George Efstathiou (1997–)