Antony Hewish

Antony Hewish was a British astronomer, astrophysicist, and university teacher born in Fowey in 1924. He worked at the Cavendish Laboratory, Yale University, and the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. Hewish was educated at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, where he supervised doctoral student Jocelyn Bell Burnell. His professional interests centered on physics and astronomy.

He received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Holweck Prize, and the Hughes Medal. Hewish was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Indian National Science Academy, and Academia Europaea. He died in 2021. His work is recognized in the Royal Society, Nobel Laureates, Nobel Physics, and American Academy Arts Sciences collections.