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Radio astronomer; discoverer of pulsars
United Kingdom · b. 1943
Astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who identified the first radio pulsars in 1967 as a doctoral student at the University of Cambridge. The 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery went to her supervisor Antony Hewish and to Martin Ryle. She received the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2018 and the Royal Society's Copley Medal in 2021.
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Yes, in 2018, I was awarded the Breakthrough Prize for the discovery. I was a bit dumbstruck, never expecting that kind of thing to happen. I was keen that the money should be used well and the best way to do that seemed to be to encourage a more diverse research student population from under-represented groups.
Recorded Louise Walsh, University of Cambridge 'Journeys of Discovery' interview series, 1 January 2020 source
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