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{{Short description|English radio astronomer (1918–1984)}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = [[Professor]] | name = Sir Martin Ryle | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRS|FREng}} | image = Martin Ryle.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|09|27|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Brighton]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|1984|10|14|1918|09|27|df=y}} | death_place = [[Cambridge]], England | field = [[Astronomy]] | education = [[Bradfield College]]<br />[[Christ Church, Oxford]] ([[B. A.|BA]], [[DPhil]]) | doctoral_advisor = [[J. A. Ratcliffe]]<ref name=mathgene>{{MathGenealogy|id=114318}}</ref> | doctoral_students = [[Malcolm Longair]]<ref name=mathgene/><ref name=longphd>{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Malcolm Sim|last=Longair |title=The evolution of radio galaxies |publisher=University of Cambridge |date=1967 |url=http://ulmss-newton.lib.cam.ac.uk/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=39508|website=lib.cam.ac.uk|oclc=657635513|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.648088}}}}</ref><br />[[Peter Rentzepis]]<br />[[Jan Högbom]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite thesis|degree=PhD|title=The structure and magnetic field of the solar corona|last=Högbom|first=Jan A.|publisher=University of Cambridge|year=1959|website=cam.ac.uk|url=https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=44CAM_ALMA21392379660003606&context=L&vid=44CAM_PROD&search_scope=SCOP_CAM_ALL&tab=cam_lib_coll&lang=en_US}}</ref><br />[[John E. Baldwin]] | workplaces = {{plainlist| * [[University of Cambridge]] * [[Gresham College]]}} | known_for = [[Aperture synthesis]]<br />[[Radio astronomy]] | influences = | influenced = | prizes = {{plainlist| * [[Hughes Medal]] (1954) * [[Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society|RAS Gold Medal]] (1964) * [[Henry Draper Medal]] (1965) * [[Knight Bachelor]] (1966) * [[Faraday Medal]] (1971) * [[Royal Medal]] (1973) * [[Bruce Medal]] (1974) * {{nowrap|[[Nobel Prize in Physics]] (1974)}}}} | footnotes = | signature = | spouse = {{marriage|Rowena Palmer|1947}} }} '''Sir Martin Ryle''' (27 September 1918 – 14 October 1984) was an English [[radio astronomy|radio astronomer]] who developed revolutionary [[radio telescope]] systems (see e.g. [[aperture synthesis]]) and used them for accurate location and imaging of weak radio sources. In 1946 Ryle and [[Derek Vonberg]] were the first people to publish [[astronomical interferometer|interferometric]] astronomical measurements at radio wavelengths. With improved equipment, Ryle observed the most distant known galaxies in the universe at that time. He was the first Professor of [[Cavendish Astrophysics Group|Radio Astronomy in the University of Cambridge]] and founding director of the [[Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory]]. He was the twelfth [[Astronomer Royal]] from 1972 to 1982.<ref>[http://www.nobel-winners.com/Physics/sir_martin_ryle.html About Sir Martin Ryle]</ref> Ryle and [[Antony Hewish]] shared the [[Nobel Prize for Physics]] in 1974, the first Nobel prize awarded in recognition of astronomical research.<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1974/press-release/ Press release about Martin Ryle's Nobel Prize.]</ref> In the 1970s, Ryle turned the greater part of his attention from astronomy to social and political issues which he considered to be more urgent. He was also an enthusiastic amateur radio (callsign G3CY). <ref>[http://www.shotover.clara.net/ours/early.htm Oxford University Radio Society - The Early Years]</ref>
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