John Ashworth Ratcliffe | |
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![]() John Ashworth Ratcliffe, FRS © National Portrait Gallery, London | |
Born | Bacup, England | 12 December 1902
Died | 25 October 1987 Cambridge, England | (aged 84)
Alma mater | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge[1] |
Known for | Ionospheric physics |
Spouse | Nora Disley |
Children | 2 |
Awards | See list |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Radio physics |
Institutions | University of Cambridge TRE in Dundee Radio Research Station |
Academic advisors | Edward Appleton |
Doctoral students | Basil Briggs Maurice Wilkes Joseph Lade Pawsey Ronald N. Bracewell Henry G. Booker |
Other notable students | Martin Ryle |
John Ashworth Ratcliffe CB[2] CBE FRS[3] (known to intimates as "Jar";[4] 12 December 1902 – 25 October 1987) was an influential British radio physicist. (Several sources misspell his name as Radcliffe.)
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