Biography:Thomas A. Matthews
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Short description: American astronomer
Thomas A. Matthews | |
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| Alma mater | University of Toronto, BA 1950
Case Institute of Technology, MSc 1951 Harvard University,PhD 1956[1] |
| Known for | Discovery of the first Quasar and work in radioastronomy |
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| Doctoral advisor | Bart Bok[1] |
Thomas A. Matthews is an American astronomer. He is credited with being one of the discoverers of the first quasar, 3C 48, in 1960 using a new interferometer at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, along with Allan Sandage.[1][2][3]
Matthews received his PhD from Harvard University in 1956.[1] His advisor was Bart Bok.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Dick, Steven J. (2013-09-09). Discovery and Classification in Astronomy: Controversy and Consensus. Cambridge University Press. p. 187. ISBN 9781107276710. https://books.google.com/books?id=wfh4AAAAQBAJ&dq=Discovery%20and%20Classification%20in%20Astronomy&pg=PT187.
- ↑ Shields, Gregory A. (1999). "A Brief History of Active Galactic Nuclei". The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 111 (760): 661–678. doi:10.1086/316378. Bibcode: 1999PASP..111..661S. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Sept04/Shields/Shields3.html. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ "Our Activities". European Space Agency. http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/18_June/(print). Retrieved 3 October 2014.
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