Eulogy to John G Bolton

Abstract

We are gathered here to pay tribute to a very special man. I think that John Bolton will be remembered first and foremost for his contributions to astronomy and to human knowledge. He was the pioneer of extragalactic radio astronomy and therefore also the person who set off the great revolution in astronomy which has occupied the second half of the 20th century. In that revolution astronomers have studied, and opened up, the far regions of the Universe by discovering galaxies and objects of extremely high energy and luminosity.