Martin Ryle

Martin Ryle was born on September 27, 1918, in Brighton, United Kingdom , and he was a physicist and astronomer . Ryle studied at Christ Church, Oxford , Bradfield College , Trinity College, Cambridge , and the University of Oxford . He was a citizen of the United Kingdom .

Ryle's doctoral advisor was J. A. Ratcliffe and he supervised doctoral students such as Harry van der Laan, Nigel Henbest, and Peter Read . His father, John Ryle, was a physician .

In 1974, Martin Ryle received the Nobel Prize in Physics . He passed away on October 14, 1984, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom .