John Evan Baldwin. 6 December 1931 — 7 December 2010

Professor John Baldwin was an experimental astrophysicist of the highest distinction who made many innovative contributions to radio and optical astronomy. He pursued his entire research career as a member, and then head, of the Radio Astronomy Group of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge Universi...

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Published in:Biographical memoirs of fellows of the Royal Society 2011-01, Vol.57, p.3-23
Main Author: Longair, Malcolm S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aperture synthesis
Astronomical research
Astronomical surveys
Extragalactic radio sources
Galaxies
Memoirs
Milky Way Galaxy
Observational astronomy
Radio astronomy
Radio emission
Telescopes
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Summary:Professor John Baldwin was an experimental astrophysicist of the highest distinction who made many innovative contributions to radio and optical astronomy. He pursued his entire research career as a member, and then head, of the Radio Astronomy Group of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University. His deep understanding and physical intuition for all aspects of interferometry, first at radio and then at optical wavelengths, resulted in a series of ground-breaking telescope systems for astronomy. These led to new approaches to the construction and operation of telescopes in these astronomical disciplines. For a considerable part of his career he was a fellow of Queens' College Cambridge.
ISSN:0080-4606
1748-8494
DOI:10.1098/rsbm.2011.0011