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Grote Reber was an American pioneer of radio astronomy, which combined his interests in amateur radio and amateur astronomy. He was instrumental in investigating and extending Karl Jansky's pioneering work and conducted the first sky survey in the radio frequencies.

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science · American astronomer · physicist · astronomer · engineer · amateur radio operator · also Grote Reber, Reber

Born 22 December 1911 · Died 20 December 2002 · Q380212

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Engineer whose invention of the radio telescope – built in his back garden – transformed postwar astronomy
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Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2013).
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2026· 1 entry

Aug 19, 2026Documented record67% confidence

“Engineer whose invention of the radio telescope – built in his back garden – transformed postwar astronomy”

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2013· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2013Documented record84% confidence

Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2013).

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2010· 2 entries

Mar 1, 2010Documented record69% confidence

SpaceNews: 2010 Grote Reber Medal Awarded to Alan Rogers

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Jan 31, 2010Documented record69% confidence

Indiatimes: World's first radio astronomer Grote Reber's ashes to be presented to NCRA

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2006· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2006Documented record79% confidence

Published “International consensus statement on an update of the classification criteria for definite antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)” in Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis — cited 6,049 times.

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2004· 2 entries

Jan 1, 2004Documented record79% confidence

Published “A versatile toolbox for PCR‐based tagging of yeast genes: new fluorescent proteins, more markers and promoter substitution cassettes” in Yeast — cited 2,123 times.

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Jan 1, 2004Documented record79% confidence

Published “Processing Fluency and Aesthetic Pleasure: Is Beauty in the Perceiver's Processing Experience?” in Personality and Social Psychology Review — cited 2,188 times.

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2002· 4 entries

Dec 27, 2002Documented record69% confidence

Chicago Tribune: GROTE REBER, 90

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Dec 26, 2002Documented record69% confidence

SFGate: Grote Reber -- pioneered way for radio astronomy

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Dec 25, 2002Documented record75% confidence

The Washington Post: Grote Reber Dies

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Dec 20, 2002Documented record86% confidence

Died 2002-12-20.

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1983· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1983Documented record84% confidence

Won Jackson-Gwilt Medal (1983).

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1977· 1 entry

1977Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Published an article called "Endless, Boundless, Stable Universe", which outlined his theory

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1975· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1975Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Karl G. Jansky Lectureship (1975).

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1963· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1963Documented record84% confidence

Won Elliott Cresson Medal (1963).

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1962· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1962Documented record84% confidence

Won Bruce Medal (1962).

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Jun 15, 1962Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1962).

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1954· 1 entry

1954Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Reber moved to Tasmania, the southernmost state of Australia, where he worked with Bill Ellis at the University of Tasmania

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1951· 1 entry

1951Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Received generous support from the Research Corporation in New York, and moved to Hawaii

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1940· 1 entry

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Achieved his first professional publication, in the Astrophysical Journal, but Reber refused a research appointment with Yerkes Observatory

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1933· 1 entry

1933Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Decided this was the field he wanted to work in, and applied to Bell Labs, where Jansky was working

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1911· 1 entry

Dec 22, 1911Documented record86% confidence

Born 1911-12-22.

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