Antony Hewish
British radio astronomer (1924–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Antony Hewish FRS FInstP[4] (11 May 1924 – 13 September 2021) was a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 (together with fellow radio-astronomer Martin Ryle)[5] for his role in the discovery of pulsars. He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969.[6][7][8]
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Born | (1924-05-11)11 May 1924 Fowey, Cornwall, England |
Died | 13 September 2021(2021-09-13) (aged 97) |
Nationality | British[1] |
Education | King's College, Taunton |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
Known for | Pulsars |
Spouse |
Marjorie Richards (m. 1950) |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Radio astronomy |
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Thesis | The fluctuations of galactic radio waves (1952) |
Doctoral students | Jocelyn Bell Burnell[3] |
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