Abstract
Richard Hills was a pioneering, world-leading millimetre astronomer. As fresh graduate students, he and Michael Janssen built the world’s first millimetre interferometer. His research was characterized by the full range of experimental, observational and theoretical activities as the telescopes became more powerful and the scientific opportunities broadened out. The highlights of his contributions include his key roles as project scientist for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii, still the world’s largest single dish for submillimetre astronomy, and for the ALMA millimetre/submillimetre array in Chile. His career spanned the evolution of millimetre astronomy from the ‘Wild West’ of the 1960s to the sophisticated aperture synthesis ALMA array which is revolutionizing our understanding of star and planet formation and the astrophysics of the distant Universe of galaxies.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
