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Brian May

Sir Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, animal welfare activist, and astrophysicist. He achieved global fame as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the rock band Queen, which he co-founded with singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor. His guitar work and songwriting contributions helped Queen become one of the most…

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Awards
Inductee, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (2001) · CBE (2005) · Doctor of Science, honoris causa (2022) · Knight Bachelor (2023)
Education
Imperial College London (BSc, PhD)
Born
Brian Harold May (1947-07-19) 19 July 1947 (age 79) Hampton Hill, Middlesex, England
Children
3
Doctoral advisor
Jim Ring · Ken Reay · Michael Rowan-Robinson
Fields
Astrophysics

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related to 2004–2009: Queen + Paul Rodgers · 32
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related to Animal welfare · 25
Brian May → Animal Welfare, BBC's HARDtalk, Bow Group, Farmers, Graham Godwin-Pearson, Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue, Hunting Act, In, In March, International Fund, It, Labour's, League Against Cruel Sports, Lord Krebs, May, May-written Queen, Me, PETA UK, Save Me, September
related to Guitar style · 20
Brian May → All Time, American, Bohemian Rhapsody, Brighton Rock, Darkness, Former Van Halen, Greatest Guitar Solos, Greatest Guitarists, Guitar World, He, In January, Justin Hawkins, May, May's, No, Queen, Rolling Stone, Sammy Hagar, Steve Vai, Whenever
related to External links · 6
Brian May → EU Horizon, NEO-MAPP, Quotations, Wikimedia CommonsThe ESA's Hera, Wikiquote Media, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Occupations · 5
Brian May → animal welfare activist, astrophysicist, Musician, singer, songwriter
Awards · 4
Brian May → CBE (2005), Doctor of Science, honoris causa (2022), Inductee, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (2001), Knight Bachelor (2023)
Formerly of · 4
Brian May → 1984, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Smile, The Brian May Band
Genres · 4
Brian May → glam rock, Hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock
Doctoral advisor · 3
Brian May → Jim Ring, Ken Reay, Michael Rowan-Robinson
Instruments · 3
Brian May → Guitar, keyboards, vocals

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Brian MayChildren31.00infobox
Brian MayDoctoral advisorJim Ring1.00infobox
Brian MayDoctoral advisorKen Reay1.00infobox
Brian MayDoctoral advisorMichael Rowan-Robinson1.00infobox
Brian MayEducationImperial College London (BSc, PhD)1.00infobox
Brian MayFieldsAstrophysics1.00infobox
Brian MayFormerly of19841.00infobox
Brian MayFormerly ofSmile1.00infobox
Brian MayFormerly ofThe Brian May Band1.00infobox
Brian MayFormerly ofQueen + Paul Rodgers1.00infobox
Brian MayGenresHard rock1.00infobox
Brian MayGenresglam rock1.00infobox
Brian MayGenresprogressive rock1.00infobox
Brian MayGenresheavy metal1.00infobox
Brian MayInstrumentsGuitar1.00infobox
Brian MayInstrumentsvocals1.00infobox
Brian MayInstrumentskeyboards1.00infobox
Brian MayLabelsHollywood1.00infobox
Brian MayLabelsParlophone1.00infobox
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Brian MayMember ofQueen + Adam Lambert1.00infobox
Brian MayOccupationsMusician1.00infobox
Brian MayOccupationssinger1.00infobox
Brian MayOccupationssongwriter1.00infobox
Brian MayOccupationsanimal welfare activist1.00infobox

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