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EnglishAACR2Anglo-American Cataloguing RulesPersoncreatedhumanHelen Cohnupdated2025-10-21humanhttps://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005564b.htmpersonReberGroteAACR222 December 191120 December 2002Place of BirthWheaton, Illinois, United States of AmericaPlace of DeathOuse, Tasmania, AustraliaRadio astronomerGrote Reber graduated in electrical engineering in 1933 and for the next 14 years worked for various radio manufacturers in Chicago, U.S.A. In 1936 he decided to investigate 'cosmic static'. To do so he built a 9.6-metre parabolic dish in his backyard, the second radio antenna ever to be used for astronomical purposes and the first parabolic reflecting antenna to be used as a radio telescope. For nearly a decade he was the world's only radio astronomer. Reber's discoveries, while initially met with scepticism, led to the post-war development of radio astronomy. In 1954, he moved to Tasmania to pursue radio astronomy at the much lower frequencies that might penetrate the ionosphere during solar minimum. He built a telescope in the form of an array of dipoles, antennae strung between the tops of poles and covering an area of one square kilometre. Reber published on cosmic rays, radio circuitry, ionospheric physics, and carbon dating of aboriginal campfire sites.
In 2008 the Grote Reber Museum at the Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory was opened in Cambridge, Tasmania. The asteroid 6886 Grote was named in his honour.19331933Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Armour Institute of Technology (later the Illinois Institute of Technology)19541954Life event - Moved to Tasmania19621962Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Ohio19621962Award - Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal, Astronomical Society of the Pacific19631963Award - Elliott Cresson Medal, Franklin Institute19821982Award - Royal Society of Tasmania Medal19831983Award - Jackson-Gwilt Medal, Royal Astronomical Society
Royal Society of Tasmania Medal (1927 - )
Awarded the Medal 1982
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'Reber, Grote', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of TechnologyReber, GroteSwinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative InnovationEncyclopedia of Australian Science and InnovationJournal Article: Grote Reber - founder of radio astronomyKraus, J. D.Grote Reber - founder of radio astronomy1988Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada823107-14Book Section: Grote Reber (1911-2002): a radio astronomy pioneerKellermann, K.Grote Reber (1911-2002): a radio astronomy pioneerDordrechtSpringer2005The new astronomy: opening the electromagnetic window and expanding our view of planet Earth. A meeting to honor Woody Sullivan on his 60th birthdayOrchiston, W.43-70Journal Article: The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 3: Ellis, Reber and the Cambridge Field Station near HobartGeorge, Martin, Orchiston, Wayne, Slee, Bruce and Wielebinski, RichardThe history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 3: Ellis, Reber and the Cambridge Field Station near Hobart2015Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage182177-89Journal Article: The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 2: TasmaniaGeorge, Martin, Orchiston, Wayne, Slee, Bruce and Wielebinski, RichardThe history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 2: Tasmania2015Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage18114-22Journal Article: The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 2: Reber, Higgins and the mooted all-sky survey with the Shain CrossWendt, Harry, George, Martin and Orchiston, WayneThe history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 2: Reber, Higgins and the mooted all-sky survey with the Shain Cross2024Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage273655-73Journal Article: The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 8: Grote Reber and the "square kilometre array" near Bothwell, Tasmania, in the 1960s and 1970sGeorge, Martin, Orchiston, Wayne and Wielebinski, RichardThe history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 8: Grote Reber and the "square kilometre array" near Bothwell, Tasmania, in the 1960s and 1970s2017Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage202195-210Journal Article: The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 5: Reber and the Kempton Field Station in TasmaniaGeorge, Martin, Orchiston, Wayne, Wielebinski, Richard and Slee, BruceThe history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 5: Reber and the Kempton Field Station in Tasmania2015Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage183312-24Book: Joe Pawsey and the founding of Australian radio astronomy: early discoveries, from the sun to the cosmosGoss, W. M.; Hooker, Claire; and Ekers, Ronald D.Joe Pawsey and the founding of Australian radio astronomy: early discoveries, from the sun to the cosmosCham, SwitzerlandSpringer2023Journal Article: The history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 9: the University of Tasmania's Llanherne (Hobart Airport) field station during the 1960s - 1980sGeorge, Martin; Orchiston, Wayne; and Wielebinski, RichardThe history of early low frequency radio astronomy in Australia, 9: the University of Tasmania's Llanherne (Hobart Airport) field station during the 1960s - 1980s2018Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage21137-64