Charles Oatley

Sir Charles Oatley
Charles William Oatley (1904-1996)
Born14 February 1904 (1904-02-14)
Died11 March 1996 (1996-03-12) (aged 92)
NationalityBritish
Alma materSt. John's College, Cambridge
Known forScanning electron microscope
AwardsDuddell Medal (1969)
Royal Medal (1969)
Faraday Medal (1970)
Mullard Award (1973)
Potts Medal (1989)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Electrical engineering
InstitutionsRadio Accessories
English Electric Valve Company
King's College London
ADRDE
University of Cambridge
Academic advisorsEdward Victor Appleton
Doctoral studentsHaroon Ahmed
Alec Broers
Thomas Everhart
Colin J. R. Sheppard

Sir Charles William Oatley (14 February 1904 – 11 March 1996) was Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge, 1960–1971, and developer of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes.[1][2][3] He was also a founder member of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

  1. ^ "Oatley, Sir Charles (William), (14 Feb. 1904–11 March 1996), Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge, 1960–71, then Emeritus; Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, since 1945". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U180878. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
  2. ^ Smith, K. C. A. (1998). "Sir Charles William Oatley, O. B. E. 14 February 1904 – 11 March 1996". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 44: 331–347. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1998.0022. S2CID 62541468.
  3. ^ Everhart, T. E. (1996). "Persistence pays off: Sir Charles Oatley and the scanning electron microscope" (PDF). Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures. 14 (6): 3620. Bibcode:1996JVSTB..14.3620E. doi:10.1116/1.588737.