Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943 – )
A Northern Irish astrophysicist, she discovered the first pulsars in 1967. The 1974 Nobel Prize was awarded to her PhD supervisor, Antony Hewish.
She later became a symbol of humility and late recognition.
MORE INFO…“You can be in the right place at the right time — but you still have to be noticed.”
— Jocelyn Bell Burnell