Laureate Information

Personal details and nobel prizes.

Full name
Antony Hewish
Birthdate
1924-05-11
Birth Location
Fowey, United Kingdom
Nobel Prizes
1
Wikipedia
Antony_Hewish
Wikidata
Q189990
Prize details
Awarding year
1974
Awarding date
1974-10-15
Category
Physics
Motivation
for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics: Ryle for his observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars
Prize amount
550,000
Affiliations

    University of Cambridge | Cambridge, United Kingdom