JOHN PAUL WILD

BIRTH AND DEATH

Birth: 5/17/1923     Death: 5/10/2008

OCCUPATION

scientist

BIOGRAPHY SUMMARY

John Paul Wild was a British-born Australian scientist. Following service in World War II as a radar officer in the Royal Navy, he became a radio astronomer in Australia for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the fore-runner of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). In the 1950s and 1960s he made discoveries based on radio observations of the Sun. In the late 1960s and early 1970s his team built and operated the world's first solar radio-spectrographs and subsequently the Culgoora radio-heliograph, near Narrabri, New South Wales. The Paul Wild Observatory at Culgoora is named after him.

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WHY THEY MATTER

John Paul Wild was a pioneering radio astronomer whose work in the 1950s and 1960s led to significant discoveries through his radio observations of the Sun. His establishment of the world's first solar radio-spectrographs and the Culgoora radio-heliograph in the late 1960s and early 1970s marked him as a groundbreaking figure in the field of solar radio astronomy. The Paul Wild Observatory at Culgoora stands as a testament to his intellectual contributions and innovative spirit in advancing our understanding of solar phenomena.

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