Frank Edward Smith

Sir
Frank Edward Smith
GCB GBE FRS
Sir Frank Edward Smith, 1920
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Born(1876-10-14)14 October 1876
Died1 July 1970(1970-07-01) (aged 93)
Minehead, England
NationalityBritish
SpouseNelly May King
ChildrenBetty May
AwardsSee list
Scientific career
InstitutionsNational Physical Laboratory
Admiralty
DSIR
Anglo Iranian Oil
BSA

Sir Frank Edward Smith GCB GBE FRS (14 October 1876 – 1 July 1970) was a British physicist and acting director of the National Physical Laboratory between 1936 and 1937.