Background
Hewish, Antony Son of Ernest William and Frances Grace Lanyon (Pinch) Hewish.
Hewish, Antony Son of Ernest William and Frances Grace Lanyon (Pinch) Hewish.
Bachelor of Arts, Cambridge U., 1948; Master of Arts, Cambridge U., 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge U., 1952; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Leicester, 1976; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Exeter, 1977; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Manchester, 1989; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Santa Maria, 1989; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Cambridge, 1996; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Malaysia, 1997.
Research fellow, Gonville and Caius College, 1952-1954;
assistant director research, Gonville and Caius College, 1954-1962;
fellow, Gonville and Caius College, 1955-1962;
honorary fellow, Gonville and Caius College, since 1976;
lecturer physics, U. Cambridge, 1962-1969;
reader, U. Cambridge, 1969-1971;
professor radioastronomy, U. Cambridge, 1971-1989;
professor emeritus, U. Cambridge, 1989^
fellow Churchill College, U. Cambridge, since 1962. Visiting professor astronomy Yale University, 1963. Professor astronomy Royal Institution Great Britain, 1977-1982.
Director Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge, 1982-1988.
Fellow Royal Society London, Indian Academy Sciences (foreign), Royal Astronomical Society, Institute Physics. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Belgian Royal Academy, European Academy.
Married Marjorie Elizabeth Catherine Richards, 1950. 1 son, 1 daughter.