Interview with David W. Dewhirst

Description

David W. Dewhirst, 1927-2012. Interviewed 18 August 1976 at Cambridge, length of interview: 52 minutes.

Creator

Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III

Rights

NRAO/AUI/NSF

Relation

See Sullivan's 1981 photo of Dewhirst.

Type

Oral History

Interviewer

Sullivan, Woodruff T., III

Interviewee

Dewhirst, David W.

Original Format of Digital Item

Audio cassette tape

Duration

52 minute

Interview Date

1976-08-18

Interview Topics

1951 tentative identification of Cyg A and Cas A; work on radio source identifications in 1950s, including a year at Pasadena; rivalry and potential disagreements of Sydney versus Cambridge; philosophy of unidentified radio sources; reception of radio astronomy by optical astronomers.

Series

Working Files Series

Unit

Individuals Unit

Citation

Papers of Woodruff T. Sullivan III, “Interview with David W. Dewhirst,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed May 11, 2026, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/14839.