Antony Hewish
English physicist and radio astronomer (1924–2021)
Antony Hewish FRS FInstP (11 May 1924 – 13 September 2021) was a British radio astronomer. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 (together with fellow radio-astronomer Martin Ryle)[2] for his role in the discovery of pulsars.
Antony Hewish | |
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| Born | 11 May 1924 |
| Died | 13 September 2021 (aged 97) |
| Nationality | British |
| 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 |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | The fluctuations of galactic radio waves (1952) |
| Doctoral students | Jocelyn Bell Burnell[1] |
He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969.[3][4]
References
change- ↑ Bell, Susan Jocelyn (1968). The Measurement of radio source diameters using a diffraction method (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. doi:10.17863/CAM.4926. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.449485.
- ↑ István, Hargittai (2007) [2002]. The road to Stockholm : Nobel Prizes, science, and scientists. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198607854. OCLC 818659203.
- ↑ Hewish, A (1975). "Pulsars and High Density Physics". Science. 188 (4193) (published 13 June 1975): 1079–1083. Bibcode:1975Sci...188.1079H. doi:10.1126/science.188.4193.1079. PMID 17798425. S2CID 122436403.
- ↑ "Antony Hewish". nobel-winners.com. 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ↑ "Professor Antony Hewish (1924 – 2021)". Gonville & Caius College. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ↑ Obituaries, Telegraph (2021-09-16). "Professor Antony Hewish, astronomer who jointly won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of pulsars – obituary". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ↑ Wade, Nicholas (17 September 2021). "Antony Hewish, Astronomer Honored for the Discovery of Pulsars, Dies at 97". The New York Times.
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