John E. Baldwin, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn E. Baldwin
British astronomer
Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1931
Date of Death: 07-Dec-2010
Profession: astronomer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About John E. Baldwin
- John Evan Baldwin FRS (6 December 1931 – 7 December 2010) was a British Astronomer who worked at the Cavendish Astrophysics Group (formerly Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory) from 1954.
- He played a role in the development of interferometry in Radio Astronomy, and later astronomical optical interferometry and lucky imaging.
- He made the first maps of the radio emission from the Andromeda Galaxy and the Perseus Cluster, and measured the properties of many active galaxies.
- In 1985 he performed the first Aperture Masking Interferometry observations, and then led the construction and operation of the Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope, and helped develop the lucky imaging method.
- In 2001 he was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal for his technical contributions to the fields of interferometry and aperture synthesis.He matriculated as a member of Queens' College, Cambridge in 1949 and has been a Life Fellow of the College since 1999.
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