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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectHenry G. Booker
Dates
December 14, 1910 – November 1, 1988
Authorized Form of Name
Booker, Henry G.
Additional Forms of Names
Booker, Henry George
Biography
Abstract
Henry G. Booker was a physicist and engineer who researched radio wave propagation and electromagnetism. In 1965, he helped the University of California, San Diego start the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. His other institutional affiliations include Cambridge and Cornell University.
Important Dates
December 14, 1910Birth, Barking (London, England).
1933Obtained BA in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Cambridge University, Cambridge (England).
1935 – 1948Fellow, Christ's College (1935-1948) and Lecturer (1945-1948), Cambridge (England).
1936Obtained PhD in Ionospheric Physics, Cambridge University, Cambridge (England).
1940 – 1945Science Officer, United Kingdom Ministry of Aircraft Production.
1948 – 1965Professor of Electrical Engineering and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1952Became a U.S. citizen.
1954Elected Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
1959 – 1963Associate Director, Center for Radio Physics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1959 – 1963Director, School of Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1960Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1965 – 1988Professor of Applied Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.).
November 1, 1988Death, La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.).
Occupation
Radiophysicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
O'Neil, T. M. (Thomas Michael), 1940-
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Additional
Salpeter, Edwin E.
Institutions
Major Positions
Cornell University. Center for Radiophysics and Space Research
Associate Director.
Cornell University. College of Engineering
Director, School of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Engineering Physics.
Great Britain. Ministry of Aircraft Production. Research Establishment
Science Officer.
University of California, San Diego. Department of Physics
Professor of Applied Physics.
University of Cambridge. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Obtained BA (pure and applied mathematics) in 1933 and PhD (ionospheric physics). Fellow, Christ's College and Lecturer.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Fellow.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Henry G. Booker papers, 1936-1988.
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Subject
Oral history interview with Edwin Ernest Salpeter, 1978 March 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
An approach to electrical science.
Subject
"Henry G. Booker: 1910-1988", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences