Antony Hewish
English physicist and radio astronomer (1924-2021) · United Kingdom · Scientists · Died at 97
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Something wrong?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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2021Died13 September 20211977Hughes MedalAward1974Holweck PrizeAwardNobel Prize in PhysicsAward1973Albert A. Michelson MedalAward1971Karl Schwarzschild MedalAward1969Eddington MedalAward1924Born11 May 1924
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United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2021 · aged 97
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Roger PenroseBoth received Karl Schwarzschild Medal
Dennis GaborBoth received Albert A. Michelson Medal
Georges LemaîtreBoth received Eddington Medal
Riccardo GiacconiBoth received Karl Schwarzschild Medal
Martin RyleBoth received Albert A. Michelson Medal
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