Martin Ryle

Sir Martin Ryle (September 27, 1918 – October 14, 1984) was a British radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems (see e.g. aperture synthesis) and used them for accurate location and imaging of weak radio sources. In 1946 Ryle and Vonberg were the first people to publish interferometric astronomical measurements at radio wavelengths, although it is claimed that Joseph Pawsey from the University of Sydney had actually made interferometric measurements earlier in the same year. With improved equipment, Ryle observed the most distant known galaxies in the universe at that time. He was the first Professor of Radio Astronomy at the University of Cambridge, and founding director of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. He was Astronomer Royal from 1972 to 1982.

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September 27 - 1918 - October 14 - 1984 - Radio astronomer - Aperture synthesis - 1946 - Interferometric - Joseph Pawsey - University of Sydney - Radio Astronomy at the University of Cambridge - Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory - Astronomer Royal - 1972 - 1982

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Ryle and Antony Hewish shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974, the first Nobel prize awarded in recognition of astronomical research.

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Antony Hewish - Nobel Prize for Physics - 1974

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