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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-02-24 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000251b.htm person Bracewell Ronald Newbold AO AACR2 22 July 1921 12 August 2007 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Stanford, California, U.S.A. Electrical engineer Radio astronomer Ronald Bracewell worked in the CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory during World War II and 1949-1954. He then moved to the United States of America, where he joined the Electrical Engineering faculty of Stanford University in 1955. Starting with his co-authorship with J. L. Pawsey of the first text on "Radio Astronomy" in 1955, Ron spent much of his time either contributing chapters to books or writing books, a number of which have been translated into other languages.His publications include The fourier Transform and its Applications (1965, 2nd ed. 1978).

Born Sydney, 1921. Educated Universities of Sydney (BSc 1941, BE 1943, ME 1948) and Cambridge (PhD 1949). Designed and developed microwave radar equipment, CSIRO Radiophysics Laboratory during World War II, Senior Research Officer 1949-54, lecturer in radio astronomy, Berkeley Astronomy Department, University of California 1954-55, Electrical Engineering Faculty, Stanford University from 1955, Lewis M. Terman Professor and Fellow in Electrical Engineering from 1974. Duddell Premium, Institution of Electrical Engineers, London 1952.

1978 1978 Award - Pollock Memorial Lecture, Royal Society of New South Wales 1994 1994 Award - Heinrich Hertz Medal, IEEE - for his tomography work 8 Jun 1998 8 Jun 1998 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for service to science in the fields of radio astronomy and image reconstruction CSIR/O Division of Radiophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1996)

Senior Research Officer 1949 - 1954

 Pollock Award and Lectureship in the Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Royal Society of New South Wales (1949 - )

Awarded the Pollock Memorial Lecture 1978

 Bracewell, Ronald N (1921-)

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 'Bracewell, Ronald Newbold', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bracewell, Ronald Newbold Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: A Textbook of Radar The Radiophysics Laboratory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research A Textbook of Radar Sydney; London Angus & Robertson 1947 Journal Article: Professor Ronald Bracewell interviewed by Ragbir Bhathal Bracewell, Ronald N. and Bhathal. Ragbir Professor Ronald Bracewell interviewed by Ragbir Bhathal 2018 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 151 2 181-208 Book: Radio astronomy Pawsey, J. L.; Bracewell, R. N. Radio astronomy Oxford Clarendon Press 1955 Book Section: Early work on imaging theory in radio astronomy Bracewell, R. N. Early work on imaging theory in radio astronomy Cambridge, New York Cambridge University Press 1984 The early years of radio astronomy: reflections fifty years after Jansky's discovery Sullivan, W. T. 167-90 Resource Section: Memorial Resolution: Ronald N. Bracewell, 1921-2007 Inan, Umran S.; Eshleman, Von R.; Fraser-Smith, Antony C. Memorial Resolution: Ronald N. Bracewell, 1921-2007 2007 Stanford News Book: Four pillars of radio astronomy: Mills, Christiansen, Wild and Bracewell Frater, Robert H.; Goss, Miller; and Wendt, Harry Four pillars of radio astronomy: Mills, Christiansen, Wild and Bracewell Cham, Switzerland Springer International Publishing 2017 Journal Article: Ronald N. Bracewell: an Appreciation. Thompson, A. Richard and Frater, Robert H. Ronald N. Bracewell: an Appreciation. 2010 Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 13 172-8 Book: Joe Pawsey and the founding of Australian radio astronomy: early discoveries, from the sun to the cosmos Goss, W. M.; Hooker, Claire; and Ekers, Ronald D. Joe Pawsey and the founding of Australian radio astronomy: early discoveries, from the sun to the cosmos Cham, Switzerland Springer 2023