Grote Reber
ABOUT GROTE REBER
American pioneer of radio astronomy whose 1937 radio antenna was the second ever to be used for astronomical purposes. His work caused an explosion of radio astronomy i the post-World War II era.
He was born and raised in Wheaton, Illinois, and graduated from Armour Institute of Technology in 1933 with a degree in electrical engineering.
He built his own radio telescope in his back yard in Wheaton, Illinois.
His father Schuuyler Reber owned a canning factory.
Like Nikola Tesla before him he received the Elliott Cresson Medal for physics.
