Gordon J. Stanley

Gordon J. Stanley
Gordon J. Stanley
Born	July 1, 1921; Cambridge, New Zealand
Died	17 December 2001 (aged 80)
Known for	Discovering Cygnus A
	Scientific career
Fields	Radio astronomy

Gordon J. Stanley (1 July 1921 – 17 December 2001^[1]) was a New Zealand-born radio astronomer who with John G. Bolton in 1947, discovered the first radio star, Cygnus A.^[2]^[3]

Stanley was born in Cambridge, New Zealand. By the 1940s he was working in radio astronomy with Bolton, where they discovered the first radio star.^[4]

In 1955 Stanley went to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) where he became the director of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Vale Gordon Stanley". www.atnf.csiro.au. New South Wales, Australia: Australia Telescope National Facility. 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^ Chang, Kenneth (21 January 2002). "Gordon J. Stanley, 80; Pinpointed Radio Waves From Space". The New York Times. New York, U.S. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^ "Finding Aid for the Gordon J. Stanley Papers 1942-1994". oac.cdlib.org. California, U.S.: California Digital Library. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^ "Interview with Gordon J. Stanley on 13 June 1974 · NRAO/AUI Archives". www.nrao.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
^ "Stanley, Gordon James - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation". eoas.info. Centre for Transformative Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology.

Sources

"Gordon Stanley, 80; Built, Directed Radio Observatory at Caltech", LA Times, 31 December 2001
Ken Kellerman, et al. Gordon James Stanley and the early developments of Radio Astronomy in Australia. doi:10.1071/AS04008
World Book, 1967 edition, Vol. 1, p. 803.