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Hewish

American  
[hyoo-ish, yoo-] / ˈhyu ɪʃ, ˈyu- /

noun

  1. Antony, 1924–2021, British astronomer: discovered pulsars; Nobel Prize in Physics 1974.

Hewish British  
/ ˈhjuːɪʃ /

noun

  1. Antony. born 1924, British radio astronomer, noted esp for his role in the discovery of pulsars (1967): shared the Nobel prize for physics 1974

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Hewish Scientific  
/ hyo̅o̅′ĭsh /

  1. British astronomer. In 1967, working with the astronomer Susan Bell Burnell, he discovered the first pulsar.

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