Basil Schonland

Sir Basil Schonland
Born(1896-02-02)2 February 1896
Grahamstown, Cape Colony
Died24 November 1972(1972-11-24) (aged 76)
Winchester, Hampshire
Alma materRhodes University, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
AwardsOrder of Mapungubwe (2002)
IET Faraday Medal (1962)
Wilkins Lecture (1955)
Bernard Price Memorial Lecture (1951)
Elliott Cresson Medal (1945)
Hughes Medal (1945)
Chree Medal and Prize (1943)
Fellow of the Royal Society (1938)
Order of the British Empire (1919)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsAtomic Energy Research Establishment

Sir Basil Ferdinand Jamieson Schonland OMG CBE FRS[1] (2 February 1896 – 24 November 1972) was noted for his research on lightning,[2] his involvement in the development of radar during World War II and for being the first president of the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.[3]

  1. ^ Allibone, T. E. (1973). "Basil Ferdinand Jamieson Schonland. 1896-1972". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 19: 628–653. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1973.0023.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Sir Basil Schonland". Physics Today. 26 (2): 66–67. February 1973. Bibcode:1973PhT....26b..66.. doi:10.1063/1.3127962.
  3. ^ Austin, Brian (2001). Schonland: Scientist and Soldier: From lightning on the veld to nuclear power at Harwell: the life of Field Marshal Montgomery's scientific adviser. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3357-1.