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Frank Horton (physicist)

Index Frank Horton (physicist)

Professor Frank Horton FRS (20 August 1878 – 31 October 1957) was professor of physics at Royal Holloway College, London University from 1914 to 1946 and later Vice-Chancellor of London University during the years of World War II from 1939 to 1945. [1]

26 relations: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Cavendish Laboratory, Cavendish Professor of Physics, Ceredigion, Cricklewood, David Hughes Parry, Doctor of Science, Fellow of the Royal Society, J. J. Thomson, King Edward's School, Birmingham, List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of London, Llangybi, Ceredigion, Mason Science College, New Zealand, Newnham College, Cambridge, Olton, Robert Howson Pickard, Royal Holloway, University of London, Samuel Tolansky, St John's College, Cambridge, University of Birmingham, University of Cambridge, University of London, Wales, Wellington, West Midlands (county).

Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

The Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society is an academic journal on the history of science published annually by the Royal Society.

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Cavendish Laboratory

The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, and is part of the School of Physical Sciences.

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Cavendish Professor of Physics

The Cavendish Professorship is one of the senior faculty positions in physics at the University of Cambridge.

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Ceredigion

Ceredigion is a county in the Mid Wales area of Wales and previously was a minor kingdom.

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Cricklewood

Cricklewood is an urban and suburban area of northwest London, England, centred 5 miles (8.2 km) northwest of Charing Cross, between Willesden Green and Dollis Hill to the west, Brondesbury and Kilburn to the south, West Hampstead and Childs Hill to the southeast and east, and Brent Cross to the north.

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David Hughes Parry

Professor Sir David Hughes Parry (3 January 1893 – 8 January 1973) was a university administrator, Professor of Law and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London from 1945 to 1948.

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Doctor of Science

Doctor of Science (Latin: Scientiae Doctor), usually abbreviated Sc.D., D.Sc., S.D., or D.S., is an academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society judges to have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science".

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J. J. Thomson

Sir Joseph John Thomson (18 December 1856 – 30 August 1940) was an English physicist and Nobel Laureate in Physics, credited with the discovery and identification of the electron; and with the discovery of the first subatomic particle.

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King Edward's School, Birmingham

King Edward's School (KES) is an independent day school for boys in Edgbaston, an area of Birmingham, England.

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List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of London

The office of Vice-Chancellor of the University of London was created by the Royal Charter of 1836, which gave birth to the university.

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Llangybi, Ceredigion

Llangybi is a village and parish in the south of Ceredigion, Wales.

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Mason Science College

Mason Science College was a university college in Birmingham, England, and a predecessor college of Birmingham University.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Newnham College, Cambridge

Newnham College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Olton

Olton is an area/suburban village within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England.

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Robert Howson Pickard

Sir Robert Howson Pickard FRS (27 September 1874 – 18 October 1949) was a chemist who did pioneering work in stereochemistry and also for the cotton industry in Lancashire.

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Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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Samuel Tolansky

Samuel Tolansky born Turlausky, DThPT PhD (Dunelm) PhD (Lond) DSc (Manc) FRAS FRSA FInstP FRS (17 November 1907 – 4 March 1973) He was nominated for a Nobel Prize, has a crater on the moon named after him near the Apollo 14 landing site and he was a principal investigator to the NASA lunar project known as the Apollo program.

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St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge (the full, formal name of the college is The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge).

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University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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University of London

The University of London (abbreviated as Lond. or more rarely Londin. in post-nominals) is a collegiate and a federal research university located in London, England.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Wellington

Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents.

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West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county and city region in western-central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356, making it the second most populous county in England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Horton_(physicist)

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