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Page 1 of 1Martin Ryle
September 27, 1918 - October 14, 1984
Nationality: British
Category: Scientist
Subcategory: British Scientist
|  I was educated at Bradfield College and Oxford, where I graduated in 1939. | | During the war years I worked on the development of radar and other radio systems for the R.A.F. and, though gaining much in engineering experience and in understanding people, rapidly forgot most of the physics I had learned. | | We enjoy sailing small boats, two of which I have designed and built myself. | | In 1947 I married Rowena Palmer, and we have two daughters, Alison and Claire, and a son, John. | | I was born on September 27, 1918, the second of five children. | | In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy. | | In 1948 I was appointed to a Lectureship in Physics and in 1949 elected to a Fellowship at Trinity College. |
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