Antony Hewish
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Antony Hewish was a British radio astronomer and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the discovery and study of pulsars.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Antony Hewish canonical | 4 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ radio astronomer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Dellinger Gold Medal
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Eddington Medal ⓘ Hughes Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn |
World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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| dateOfBirth | 1924-05-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-09-13 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Martin Ryle ⓘ |
| doctoralStudent | Jocelyn Bell Burnell ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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King’s College, Taunton ⓘ
surface form:
King's College, Taunton
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer |
Cavendish Laboratory
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| familyName | Hewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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astrophysics ⓘ radio astronomy ⓘ |
| fullName | Antony Hewish self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Antony ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovery of pulsars
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interplanetary scintillation ⓘ study of pulsars ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| militaryService |
Royal Regiment of Artillery
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Royal Artillery
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| nationality | British ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.category | Physics ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.motivation | for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.year | 1974 ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cornwall
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England ⓘ Fowey ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
CAMBRIDGE
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surface form:
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridgeshire
England ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Radio Astronomy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Marjorie Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workplace |
Cambridge Low-Frequency Synthesis Telescope
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surface form:
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory
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