Charles Barkla | |
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 Barkla in 1917 | |
| Born | Charles Glover Barkla 7 June 1877[1] Widnes, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 23 October 1944 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University College Liverpool Trinity College, Cambridge King's College, Cambridge |
| Known for | X-ray scattering X-ray spectroscopy Characteristic X-ray |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1917) Hughes Medal (1917) Bakerian Medal (1916) Fellow of the Royal Society (1912) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge University of Liverpool King's College London University of Edinburgh |
| Academic advisors | J. J. Thomson Oliver Lodge |
Charles Glover Barkla FRS[2] FRSE (7 June 1877 – 23 October 1944) was a British physicist, and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his work in X-ray spectroscopy and related areas in the study of X-rays (Roentgen rays).[3]
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