J. A. Ratcliffe
John Ashworth Ratcliffe FRS ( born December 12, 1902 in Bacup, Lancashire, † October 25, 1987 in Cambridge ) was a British physicist and radio astronomer.
Life
John Ashworth Ratcliffe studied the propagation of electromagnetic waves in the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University. 1939 to 1945 he was involved in the Telecommunications Research Establishment in the development of radar. In 1960, he led the Radio and Space Research Station.
Writings
- The Physical Principles of Wireless (1929 )
- The Magnetoionic Theory and its Applications to the Ionosphere (1959 )
- Physics of the Upper Atmosphere (co-author, 1960)
- Sun, Earth and Radio ( 1970) Sun, Earth, radio. The study of the ionosphere. Munich: Kindler, 1970.
Honors
- Holweck Price ( 1953)
- Royal Medal ( 1966)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1976 )