James Stanley Hey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Stanley Hey

English physicist and radio astronomer

Date of Birth: 03-May-1909

Place of Birth: Nelson, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Feb-2000

Profession: physicist, radio astronomer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

James Stanley Hey FRS (3 May 1909 – 27 February 2000) was an English physicist and radio astronomer.
With the targeted application of radar technology for astronomical research, he laid the basis for the development of radio astronomy .
He discovered that the Sun radiates radio waves and localized for the first time an extragalactic radio source in the constellation Cygnus .