Awards & Winners

Grote Reber

Date of Birth 22-December-1911
Place of Birth Wheaton
(DuPage County, Illinois, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Scientist, Astronomer
Grote Reber was a pioneer of radio astronomy, which combined his interests in amateur radio and amateur astronomy. He was instrumental in investigating and extending Karl Jansky's pioneering work, and conducted the first sky survey in the radio frequencies. His 1937 radio antenna was the second ever to be used for astronomical purposes and the first parabolic reflecting antenna to be used as a radio telescope. For nearly a decade he was the world's only radio astronomer.

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