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British radio astronomer (1924–2021)

Antony Hewish (11 May 1924 – 13 September 2021) was a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 (together with fellow radio-astronomer Martin Ryle)^[4] for his role in the discovery of pulsars.

He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969.^[5][6][7]

Early life and education

Hewish attended King's College, Taunton.^[8] His undergraduate degree, at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, was interrupted by the Second World War.

He was assigned to war service at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, and at the Telecommunications Research Establishment where he worked with Martin Ryle.^[9] Returning to the University of Cambridge in 1946, Hewish completed his undergraduate degree and became a postgraduate student in Ryle's research team at the Cavendish Laboratory.^[8] For his PhD thesis, awarded in