Antony Hewish
May 11, 1924 –September 13, 2021
Astronomer, Astrophysicist, Physicist, University teacher, Nobel Prize winner
Lived 97 years
- Born in
- Fowey
Antony Hewish (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) for his role in the discovery of pulsars. He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969.
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Fellow of the Royal Society, Albert A. Michelson Medal, Holweck Prize, Hughes Medal, Eddington Medal, Karl Schwarzschild Medal Education: Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, King's College
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