About John V. Evans
Born 1933. John V. Evans is an astronomer.
John V. Evans (born 5 July 1933) is a British-American radio astronomer born in Manchester, England. He obtained his PhD at the University of Manchester, and has been a professor at the Lincoln Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1960.
In 1975, Evans received the Appleton Prize.
In 1984, Evans was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering for the development of remote sensing technology which has given us a new understanding of the earth's upper atmosphere and the atmospheres of other planets.
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