Born:Dennis William Siahou Sciama, (1926-11-18)18 November 1926, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died:18 December 1999 (aged 73), Oxford, England
Awards:Faraday Medal (1991), , Guthrie Medal and Prize (1991)
Fields:Gravitation
Spouse:Lidia Dina (m. 1959)
Thesis:On the origin of inertia (1952)
Children:2
Known for:Rees–Sciama effect
Alma mater:Trinity College, Cambridge
Institutions:University of Oxford, , University of Cambridge, , Cornell University, , Harvard University, , King's College, London, , University of Texas at Austin, , Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, , Scuola Normale Superiore
Doctoral advisor:Paul Dirac
Doctoral students:John D. Barrow, , James Binney, , Philip Candelas, , Brandon Carter, , David Deutsch, , George Ellis, , Gary Gibbons, , Stephen Hawking, , Adrian Melott, , Martin Rees, , Antony Valentini, , Tim Palmer