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> [ In 1945 J.A. Ratcliffe ... suggested that I \[join his group at Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge\] to start an investigation of the radio emission from the Sun, which had recently been discovered accidentally with radar equipment. ... \[B\]oth Ratcliffe and Sir… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-ryle/in-1945-j-a-ratcliffe-suggested-that-i-join-his-group-at-cavendish/)

[Martin Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-ryle/)

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## More by Martin Ryle

> [I was born on September 27, 1918, the second of five children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-ryle/i-was-born-on-september-27-1918-the-second-of-five-children/)

[Martin Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-ryle/)

> [The benefits of medical research are real - but so are the potential horrors of genetic engineering and embryo manipulation. We devise heart transplants,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-ryle/the-benefits-of-medical-research-are-real-but-so-are-the-potential/)

[Martin Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-ryle/)

> [“I think that the event which, more than anything else, led me to the search for ways of making more powerful radio telescopes, was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-ryle/i-think-that-the-event-which-more-than-anything-else-led-me-to-the/)

[Martin Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-ryle/)

> [In 1948 I was appointed to a Lectureship in Physics and in 1949 elected to a Fellowship at Trinity College.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-ryle/in-1948-i-was-appointed-to-a-lectureship-in-physics-and-in-1949/)

[Martin Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-ryle/)

> [In 1947 I married Rowena Palmer, and we have two daughters, Alison and Claire, and a son, John.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-ryle/in-1947-i-married-rowena-palmer-and-we-have-two-daughters-alison-and/)

[Martin Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-ryle/)

> [ In 1945 J.A. Ratcliffe ... suggested that I \[join his group at Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge\] to start an investigation of the radio emission from… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-ryle/in-1945-j-a-ratcliffe-suggested-that-i-join-his-group-at-cavendish/)

[Martin Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-ryle/)

> [During the war years I worked on the development of radar and other radio systems for the R.A.F. and, though gaining much in engineering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-ryle/during-the-war-years-i-worked-on-the-development-of-radar-and-other/)

[Martin Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-ryle/)

> [I was educated at Bradfield College and Oxford, where I graduated in 1939.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-ryle/i-was-educated-at-bradfield-college-and-oxford-where-i-graduated-in/)

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> [In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-ryle/in-1959-the-university-recognized-our-work-by-appointing-me-to-a-new/)

[Martin Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-ryle/)

> [We enjoy sailing small boats, two of which I have designed and built myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-ryle/we-enjoy-sailing-small-boats-two-of-which-i-have-designed-and-built/)

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