Hewish

Proper noun

Meaning

A surname.

A settlement south of East Hewish, Puxton parish, North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4064).

A hamlet in West Crewkerne parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4208)

Examples

In 1974, Antony Hewish was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars" without Jocelyn Bell who shared in the discovery. Source: Internet

The first came when the 1974 prize went, in part, to Antony Hewish for his leading role in the discovery of pulsars. Source: Internet

Unbeknown to him, radio astronomer Antony Hewish and his research assistant Jocelyn Bell at Cambridge were shortly to detect radio pulses from stars that are now believed to be highly magnetized, rapidly spinning neutron stars, known as pulsars. Source: Internet

“I actually called it a living field trip,” Stacy Hewish said. Source: Internet

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