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Brian May
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Brianmay, CBE, (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. As a guitarist he uses his home built guitar, "Red Special", and has composed hits such as "Tie Your Mother Down", "We Will Rock You", "Who Wants to Live Forever", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "I Want It All". Currently the Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, May lives in Surrey.
He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for "services to the music industry".
May was ranked 39th in Rolling Stone magazine list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
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More than 30 years after he started his research, in October 2007 he completed his Ph.D. thesis in astrophysics, entitled A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud, passed his viva voce, and performed the required corrections. He officially graduated at the postgraduate awards ceremony held in the Royal Albert Hall, on the afternoon of Wednesday 14 May 2008.
