George C. Eltenton

George C. Eltenton
FInstP
Born
George Charles Eltenton

(1905-04-14)14 April 1905
Manchester, England
Died26 April 1991(1991-04-26) (aged 86)
Heswall, Merseyside, England
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
SpouseAda Dorothea Hamilton
Children3, including Anya Linden
Scientific career
FieldsChemical physics
Institutions

George Charles Eltenton FInstP (14 April 1905 – 26 April 1991) was an English physicist, specialising in chemical physics and a pioneer of mass spectrometry.[1][2] He was a Fellow of the Physical Society.[3] He and his wife were suspected of being agents of the USSR looking for US atom bomb secrets. He was named by Robert Oppenheimer when interviewed by the Atomic Energy Commission[4] which resulted in Oppenheimer being stripped of his security clearance, in the so-called Chevalier Incident.

  1. ^ McDowell, Charles A., ed. (1963). Mass Spectrometry. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. pp. 56, 443, 542.
  2. ^ Burk, R. E.; Grummitt, Oliver, eds. (1949). Frontiers in Chemistry. Vol. VII. Interscience Publishers. p. 199.
  3. ^ Hume, C W (1933). "Proceedings at Meetings". Proceedings of the Physical Society. 45: xiv.
  4. ^ "J. Robert Oppenheimer Personnel Hearings Transcripts Vol XVI" (PDF). www.osti.gov. US Dept of Energy. May 3, 1954. pp. 3874–3963. Retrieved 13 September 2023.