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Dec 06, 1931 Died on 07 Dec 2010 (aged 79)

British astronomer

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About John E. Baldwin

  • John Evan Baldwin FRS (6 December 1931 – 7 December 2010) was a British Astronomer who worked at the Cavendish Astrophysics Group (formerly Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory) from 1954.
  • He played a role in the development of interferometry in Radio Astronomy, and later astronomical optical interferometry and lucky imaging.
  • He made the first maps of the radio emission from the Andromeda Galaxy and the Perseus Cluster, and measured the properties of many active galaxies.
  • In 1985 he performed the first Aperture Masking Interferometry observations, and then led the construction and operation of the Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope, and helped develop the lucky imaging method.
  • In 2001 he was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal for his technical contributions to the fields of interferometry and aperture synthesis.He matriculated as a member of Queens' College, Cambridge in 1949 and has been a Life Fellow of the College since 1999.

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