What is Martin Ryle?
{{nobelprize|Physics}} '''Sir Martin Ryle''' (27 September 1918, [[Brighton]], [[Sussex]] {{ndash}} 14 October 1984, [[Cambridge]]) was a [[British]] [[radio astronomer]]. Ryle developed revolutionary [[radio telescope]] systems. He used them for to locate weak radio sources more accurately. With better equipment, he observed the most distant known [[galaxies]] of the universe. Ryle and Antony Hewish shared the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] in 1974. That was the first Nobel Prize awarded in recognition of astronomical research. {{-}} {{Nobel Prize in Physics}} {{-}} {{biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryle, Martin}} [[Category:Nobel Prize in Physics winners]] [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:1984 deaths]] [[Category:British Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:British astronomers]] [[Category:People from Brighton]]