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Home/Memorials/United Kingdom/Fowey/Antony Hewish

Antony Hewish

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Biography of Antony Hewish

11. May 1924 – 13. Sep 2021(97 years)Born in:Fowey, England

English physicist and radio astronomer

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Biography

Fowey, England

United Kingdom

Occupation(4)

astronomer astrophysicist physicist university teacher

Awards(7)

Nobel Prize in Physics Fellow of the Royal Society Albert A. Michelson Medal Holweck Prize Hughes Medal Eddington Medal Karl Schwarzschild Medal

Education(3)

Gonville and Caius College University of Cambridge King's College

Antony Hewish (* 11. May 1924 in Fowey; † 13. September 2021) was an english physicist and radio astronomer. He was 97 years old. His education included Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge and King's College. He received 7 awards, including Nobel Prize in Physics, Fellow of the Royal Society.

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1924

Born in Fowey, England

1969

Eddington Medal

1971

Karl Schwarzschild Medal

1973

Albert A. Michelson Medal

1974

Nobel Prize in Physics

1974

Holweck Prize

1977

Hughes Medal

2021

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