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James Stanley Hey
English physicist and radio astronomer (1909-2000) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 90
James Stanley Hey was an English physicist and radio astronomer. With the targeted application of radar technology for astronomical research, he laid the basis for the development of radio astronomy.
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About this person
While working in Richmond Park during the Second World War, Hey discovered that the Sun radiates radio waves and localised for the first time an extragalactic radio source in the constellation Cygnus.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 2000 · aged 90
