| Antony Hewish went to
Cambridge University in 1942. From 1943 until the
end of the war he worked on radar countermeasures
at the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) Farnborough
and at the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE)
in Malvern.
After the war he returned to Cambridge University
completing his undergraduate degree in 1948 and then
joining Martin Ryle's research team at the Cavendish
Laboratory. He later became professor of Radio
Astronomy, receiving a Nobel Prize in Physics jointly
with Martin Ryle in 1974 (see links).
Prof Antony Hewish FRS, Nobel Prize
born 11 May 1924 |
