Professor Antony Hewish Radio Astronomer Benham Nobel Prize Rare Hand Signed FDC

STB018  This is a rare collectors official limited edition first day cover for leading Radio Astronomer and Nobel Prize winner Antony Hewish.   He has personally signed the souvenir where the signature rests perfectly accompanying the special hand commemorative frank.  You will never get a better autograph lifetime COA than this listing as the signing has been officially certified by the publishers with full hallmarking and authenticity detailed on reverse, together with its individual hand number from the original limited edition series.  It is in absolute mint condition.

Antony Hewish FRS FInstP  (11 May 1924 13 September 2021) was a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 and for his role in the discovery of pulsars. He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969.

Hewish had honorary degrees from six universities, including Manchester, Exeter and Cambridge, was a foreign member of the Belgian Royal Academy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy. The National Portrait Gallery holds multiple portraits of him in its permanent collection. He holds a wealth of other historic awards and achievements and is one of the greatest in his field in history. Hewish died on 13 September 2021, aged 97.