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Martin Ryle

Martin Ryle
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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.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Derek BartonSeptember 8, 1918 – March 16, 1998
  2. Edwin G. KrebsJune 6, 1918 – December 21, 2009
  3. Jerome KarleJune 18, 1918 – June 6, 2013
  4. Katherine JohnsonAugust 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020
  5. Martin Ryle (this page)September 27, 1918 – October 14, 1984
  6. Paul D. BoyerJuly 31, 1918 – June 2, 2018

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