Martin Ryle
Sir Martin Ryle was an English radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems and used them for accurate location and imaging of weak radio sources. In 1946 Ryle and Derek Vonberg were the first people to publish interferometric astronomical measurements at radio wavelengths. With improved equipment, Ryle observed the most distant known galaxies in the universe at that time.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Brighton
- Educated at
- Christ ChurchBradfield CollegeUniversity of OxfordTrinity College
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society🏆 Guthrie Lecture🏆 Royal Society Bakerian Medal🏆 Nobel Prize in Physics🏆 Bruce Medal
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 J. A. Ratcliffe
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Nigel Henbest📖 Peter M. Rentzepis📖 Harry van der Laan
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1918
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