Antony Hewish

Antony Hewish, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1924-05-11 in Fowey, United Kingdom

Gender: male

Field: British radio astronomer (1924–2021)

Biography

Antony Hewish was a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 for his role in the discovery of pulsars. He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1974

Awarded on: 1974-10-15

"for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics: Ryle for his observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars"

Affiliations:

  • University of Cambridge – Cambridge, United Kingdom
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