People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

5 June, 1922
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Death

6 June, 1993 (aged 71)
Buderim, Queensland, Australia

Cause of Death

pneumonia

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Occupation or Descriptor

• radio astronomer
• radio physicist

Awards

• Edgeworth David medal
• Gold Medal (Royal Astronomical Society, UK)
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Bruce Medal (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)

Key Organisations

• Indian Academy of Sciences
• Australian Academy of Science
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Royal Society of London (UK)
• National Academy of Sciences (US)

Workplaces

• CSIRO
• Australian National Radio Observatory
• Parkes radio telescope (NSW)