Thomas A. Matthews

Thomas A. Matthews is an American astronomer. He is credited with being one of the discoverers of the first quasar, 3C 48, in 1960 using a new interferometer at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, along with Allan Sandage.^[1][2][3]

Thomas A. Matthews
Alma mater	University of Toronto, BA 1950 Case Institute of Technology, MSc 1951 Harvard University, PhD 1956[1]
Known for	Discovery of the first Quasar and work in radioastronomy
Scientific career
Doctoral advisor	Bart Bok[1]

Matthews received his PhD from Harvard University in 1956.^[1] His advisor was Bart Bok.^[1]