Born: 11-May-1924
Birthplace: Fowey, Cornwall, England

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Astronomer

Nationality: England
Executive summary: First to discover a pulsar

Father: (banker)
Wife: (m. 1950, one son, one daughter)
Son: (physicist)
Daughter: (language teacher)

    University: King's College, Taunton
    University: Cambridge University (1948)
    University: PhD, Cambridge University (1952)
    Teacher: Cambridge University (lecturer, 1961-69, reader 1969-71)
    Professor: Radio Astronomy, Cambridge University (1971-89)

    Eddington Medal 1969
    Nobel Prize for Physics 1974 (with Martin Ryle)
    Hughes Medal 1977

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