* Astronomy

Grote Reber (December 22, 1911 - December 20, 2002) was an amateur astronomer and pioneer of radio astronomy. He was instrumental in investigating and extending Karl Jansky's pioneering work, and conducted the first sky survey in the radio frequencies. His 1937 radio antenna was the second ever to be used for astronomical purposes and the first parabolic reflecting antenna to be used as a "radio telescope". For a nearly a decade he was the world's only radio astronomer.
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