Jocelyn Bell Burnell

About Jocelyn Bell Burnell

The first radio pulsars were discovered by an Irish astronomer, and he served as President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2002 to 2004.

Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, while a graduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery was recognized by the award. However, although she was the first person to experience pulsars in 1974, she was not among the recipients of the award. The article announcing the discovery of how the pulse has five authors. Bell's thesis supervisor is Antony Hewish enrolled first, Bell second. Hewish received the Nobel Prize, along with astronomer Martin Ryle. Many famous astronomers have criticized Bell's shortcomings, including Sir Fred Hoyle. In 1977, Bell Burnell rejected this argument, saying: "I believe that the Nobel Prizes would lose value if they were awarded to student researchers, except in very special circumstances, and I do not believe that this is the case. one of them."

Alma mater	University of Glasgow (BSc), University of Cambridge (PhD)
Nationality	British
Thesis	The Measurement of radio source diameters using a diffraction method (1968)
Born	Susan Jocelyn Bell, July 15, 1943, Lurgan, Northern Ireland
Education	Lurgan College, The Mount School, York
Fields	Astrophysics
Notable awards	J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1978), Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize (1986), Herschel Medal (1989), Michael Faraday Prize (2010), Royal Medal (2015), Grande Médaille (2018), Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2018)
Influences	Fred Hoyle Frontiers of Astronomy (1955), Henry Tillott (her school physics teacher)
Children	Gavin Burnell
Institutions	University of Bath, University of Cambridge, University of Glasgow, Open University, University of Oxford, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, University of Southampton, University College London
Known for	Co-discovering the first four pulsars

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Trivia

She was named one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by BBC Radio's Woman's Hour in February 2013.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell before fame

She was one of the first ladies to be allowed to study science at Lurgan College. In 1965, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Philosophy from the University of Glasgow.

Achievement of Jocelyn Bell Burnell

In February 2013, BBC Radio's Woman's Hour named her one of the top 100 most powerful women in the UK.

Salary 2020

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Net Worth 2020

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell family life

Her father was an architect who assisted in the creation of the Armagh Planetarium.

Associations of Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Edward Sabine, like her, was an Irish scientist.

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