Hewish

American  

[hyoo-ish, yoo-] / ˈhyu ɪʃ, ˈyu- /

noun

1. Antony, 1924–2021, British astronomer: discovered pulsars; Nobel Prize in Physics 1974.

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Hewish British  

/ ˈhjuːɪʃ /

noun

1. Antony. born 1924, British radio astronomer, noted esp for his role in the discovery of pulsars (1967): shared the Nobel prize for physics 1974

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Hewish Scientific  

/ hyo̅o̅′ĭsh /

1. British astronomer. In 1967, working with the astronomer Susan Bell Burnell, he discovered the first pulsar.

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Example Sentences

Dr. Hewish was associated with Cambridge for his entire scientific career, and was working at the school’s Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory when he and his research team detected the first pulsars in 1967.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021

When it came to the Nobel Prize, however, she said Ryle and Dr. Hewish were fully worthy of the honor.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021

Derek Mead was constructing a rock garden at his residence in Hewish, near Weston-super Mare, in Somerset, England, on June 4, 2017, the BBC reported.

From Fox News • Nov. 24, 2018

Derek Mead, 70, was building a rockery at his home in Hewish, near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, on 4 June 2017.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2018

At first Bell and her supervisor, Antony Hewish, thought they might have made contact with an alien civilization in the galaxy!

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking