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Brown, R. Hanbury (Robert Hanbury)

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Personal name headingBrown, R. Hanbury (Robert Hanbury)
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Variant(s)Brown, Robert Hanbury
Brown, Hanbury
Hanbury Brown, Robert
Brown, Robert H. (Robert Hanbury)
Associated countryGreat Britain Australia
Birth date1916-08-31
Death date2002-01-16
Place of birthAruvankadu (India)
Place of deathAndover (England)
Field of activityAstronomy Physics
AffiliationUniversity of Sydney
Profession or occupationAstronomers Physicists
Found inLCCN 60-33136: His The exploration of space by radio, 1957 (hdg.: Brown, Robert Hanbury; usage: R. Hanbury Brown)
LC data base, 4-10-85 (hdg.: Brown, Robert Hanbury; usage: R. Hanbury Brown; Hanbury Brown)
His The wisdom of science, 1986: CIP t.p. (R. Hanbury Brown) data sheet (b. 8-31-16)
His Boffin, c1991: CIP t.p. (R. Hanbury Brown, AC, FRS) data sheet (Hanbury Brown, Robert)
Titan from Cassini-Huygens, c2009: t.p. (Robert H. Brown) verso (Univ. of Arizona)
Wikipedia, viewed 23 March 2018 (Robert Hanbury Brown, AC FRS (31 August 1916 - 16 January 2002) was a British astronomer and physicist born in Aruvankadu, India. He made notable contributions to the development of radar and later conducted pioneering work in the field of radio astronomy. In 1962 Hanbury Brown moved to Australia to work at the University of Sydney. Using his Narrabri Stellar Intensity Interferometer, Hanbury Brown succeeded in measuring the diameters of 32 stars, thus producing the first empirical temperature scale for hot stars. Despite only aiming to stay in Australia for two years, he stayed for a total of 27; going on to receive the Companion of the Order of Australia honour in 1986 for his work. Brown died in Andover, Hampshire on 16 January 2002.)
Associated languageeng
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