The invention was a scientific breakthrough, though his Nobel was controversial. Some stated not less than a share of the prize ought to have gone to one among his graduate college students.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/native/obituaries/antony-hewish-dead/2021/09/17/9380ef98-17c2-11ec-9589-31ac3173c2e5_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world | Antony Hewish, astronomer who gained Nobel Prize for the invention of pulsars, dies at 97