Grote Reber | |
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Born | Wheaton, Illinois, United States | December 22, 1911
Died | December 20, 2002 (aged 90) |
Alma mater | Illinois Institute of Technology |
Known for | Pioneering work in radio astronomy |
Awards | Elliott Cresson Medal (1963) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Radio astronomy |
Grote Reber (December 22, 1911 – December 20, 2002) was an American 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.[1]
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.[2] For nearly a decade he was the world's only radio astronomer.[3][4]
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