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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectC. G. Barkla
Dates
June 7, 1877 – October 23, 1944
Authorized Form of Name
Barkla, C. G., Charles Glover, 1877-1944
Additional Forms of Names
Barkla, C. G., 1877-1944
Barkla, Charles Glover, 1877-1944
Biography
Abstract
Charles Glover Barkla was a physicist at Edinburgh University, specializing in atomic physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917: "for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements."
Important Dates
June 7, 1877Birth, Widnes (England).
1898Obtained Honors in Physics degree, University College Liverpool, Liverpool (England).
1899Obtained Masters degree in Physics, University College Liverpool, Liverpool (England).
1899 – 1900Researchers under research scholarship, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge (England).
1900 – 1902Oliver Lodge Fellow, King's College, London (England).
1905 – 1909Demonstrator (1905); Assistant Lecturer in Physics; and Special Lecturer in Advanced Electricity (1907-1909), University College, Liverpool, Liverpool (England).
1909 – 1913Wheatstone Professor of Physics, University of London, London (England).
1912Fellow, Royal Society.
1913 – 1944Chair in Natural Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (Scotland).
1914Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh.
1916Bakerian Lecturer, Royal Society.
1918Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics “for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements.
October 23, 1944Death, Edinburgh (Scotland).
Occupation
Atomic physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Barkla, H. M.
Father.
Barkla, Mary Esther Cowell
Wife.
Barkla, Sarah Glover
Mother.
Advisors & Collaborators
Khastgir, S. R. (Satis Ranjan), 1898-1973
Advised by Barkla at University of Edinburgh.
Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940.
Advisor at University of Liverpool.
Reekie, James, 1914-2001
Advised by Barkla at Cambridge University.
Ross, M. A. S.
Advised by Barkla at University of Edinburgh.
Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), 1856-1940
PhD advisor at Cambridge University.
Additional
Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962
Cunningham, Ebenezer
Feather, N. (Norman)
Miller, Franklin, Jr.
Richardson, O. W. (Owen Willans), 1879-1959
Institutions
Major Positions
Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England)
Research Associate.
King's College (University of London)
Oliver Lodge Fellow.
University of Edinburgh
Chair in Natural Philosophy.
University of Liverpool. Physics Department
Obtained Honors in Physics degree (1898) and Masters degree in Physics (1899). Demonstrator; Assistant Lecturer in Physics; and Special Lecturer in Advanced Electricity.
University of London
Wheatstone Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Royal Society (Great Britain)
Fellow and Bakerian lecturer.
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Charles G. Barkla papers
Contact: via the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
In private hands
Quality House, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London
Charles G. Barkla papers, 1903-1919
University Library, Special Collections.
University of Edinburgh
George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ, Scotland, UK
O. W. Richardson papers, 1897-1959 (bulk 1920-1940)
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Drawer 7219, Austin, TX 78713-7219, USA
Subject
Arthur Compton letter to Franklin Miller, Jr., 1958
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Ebenezer Cunningham, 1963 June 19
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Norman Feather, 1971 February 25 and 5 November
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Subject
Charles Barkla: Nobel Prize in Physics 1917 University of Cambridge biography
Charles Glover Barkla biography