Marion Ross (physicist)

Marion Amelia Spence Ross
Born(1903-04-09)9 April 1903
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died3 January 1994(1994-01-03) (aged 90)
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Known forBeevers–Ross and anti-Beevers–Ross sites
first female secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
street at King's Buildings, University of Edinburgh named for her
annual Marion A S Ross Prize, University of Edinburgh
Scientific career
Fieldsfluid dynamics, x-ray crystallography
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh
University of Manchester
Thesis Scattering and filtering of heterogeneous x-rays by matter of small atomic weight

Marion Amelia Spence Ross FRSE (9 April 1903 – 3 January 1994) was a Scottish physicist noted for her work in x-ray crystallography and fluid dynamics.[1]

  1. ^ "Marion Amelia Spence Ross [Obituary]" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh website. Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 3 December 2013.