Charles Stuart Bowyer  Charles Stuart Bowyer (born August 2, 1934) is an academic, astronomer and professor at the University of California. He received his Ph.D. in physics from Catholic University in 1965. Bowyer is a professor at University of California at Berkeley. He was also affiliated with the United States Naval Research Laboratory. He worked in a group directed by Herbert Friedman. He is generally given credit for starting the field of extreme ultraviolet astronomy. He is credited in shepherding the launch of the EUVE satellite and subsequent research activities. In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Stuart Bowyer, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 30+ works in 40+ publications in 3 languages and 1,000+ library holdings. Bowyer received the Humboldt Foundation of Germany Senior Scientist Award in 1982.