Sir Antony Hewish

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Antony_Hewish
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:award gptkb:Albert_A._Michelson_Medal
gptkb:Eddington_Medal
gptkb:Hughes_Medal
gptkb:Dellinger_Gold_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1924-05-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Fowey,_Cornwall,_England
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 2021-09-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Jocelyn_Bell_Burnell
gptkbp:education gptkb:Gonville_and_Caius_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:King's_College,_Taunton
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Antony Hewish
gptkbp:knownFor discovery of pulsars
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Telecommunications_Research_Establishment
gptkb:Royal_Aircraft_Establishment
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Martin_Ryle
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
1974
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
astronomer
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marjorie_Elizabeth_Catherine_Richards
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Clare_Hall
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6