James Stanley Hey

Stanley Hey

FRAS FRS MBE
Stanley Hey; FRAS FRS MBE
	Hey, photographed in 1964 ; Copyright: QinetQ Limited
Born	James Stanley Hey; 3 May 1909; Nelson, Lancashire, England
Died	27 February 2000 (aged 90)
Alma mater	University of Manchester
Known for	Radio astronomy; Discovering that the Sun radiates radio waves;
Spouse	Edna Heywood
Awards	Eddington Medal;
	Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy, physics
Institutions	Burnley Grammar School; Air Defence Research and Development Establishment;

James Stanley Hey FRAS FRS MBE (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. While working in Richmond Park during the Second World War, Hey discovered that the Sun radiates radio waves and localised for the first time an extragalactic radio source in the constellation Cygnus.

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