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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.
Martin Ryle.
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Lovell, Sir Bernard
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Francis William Aston
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British physicist
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J.J. Thomson
British physicist
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James Chadwick
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Sir George Paget Thomson
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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
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George Dollond
British optician

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