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Born September 27, 1918 • Brighton • England
Died October 14, 1984 (aged 66) • Cambridge • England
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1974)
Subjects Of Study galaxy • radio source

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Sir Martin Ryle.
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Lovell, Sir Bernard
Sir Bernard Lovell
English radio astronomer
Patrick Blackett
British physicist
Lord Rayleigh, engraving by R. Cottot.
Lord Rayleigh
British scientist
Powell, Cecil Frank
Cecil Frank Powell
British physicist
Sir William Bragg
Sir William Bragg
British physicist
John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
English astronomer
Charles Kao
British-American physicist
Cockcroft
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
British physicist
Antony Hewish
British physicist
Dennis Gabor
British engineer
Francis William Aston.
Francis William Aston
British physicist and chemist
P.A.M. Dirac
P.A.M. Dirac
English physicist
Josephson, Brian D.
Brian D. Josephson
British physicist
J.J. Thomson
J.J. Thomson
British physicist
James Chadwick
James Chadwick
British physicist
Sir George Paget Thomson
Sir George Paget Thomson
English physicist
Sir Edward Victor Appleton.
Sir Edward Victor Appleton
British physicist
Sir Owen Willans Richardson.
Sir Owen Willans Richardson
British physicist
Barkla, Charles Glover
Charles Glover Barkla
British physicist
George Dollond
British optician

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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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