Darwin, Charles Galton, Sir, 1887-1962

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1887-12-19
Death 1962-12-31
Gender:
Male
Britons,
English,

Biographical notes:

Physicist and Fellow of the Royal Society.

From the description of Correspondence with Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, 1923-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122505991

Physicist (wave theory, quantum theory, x-ray diffraction) and administrator. On the physics faculty at Manchester University (1910-1914); on the mathematics faculty at University of Cambridge (1914-1922, 1936-1938); on the natural philosophy faculty at University of Edinburgh (1923-1936); director of the National Physics Laboratory, Middlesex (1938-1949).

From the description of Correspondence with the Eugenics Society, 1930-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81936600

Physicist (wave theory, quantum theory, x-ray diffraction) and administrator. On the physics faculty at Manchester University (1910-1914); on the mathematics faculty at University of Cambridge (1914-1922), 1936-1938); on the natural philosophy faculty at University of Edinburgh (1923-1936); director of the National Physics Laboratory, Middlesex (1938-1949).

From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79074943

Epithet: physicist, grandson of C R Darwin

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000296.0x0003c4

Charles Galton Darwin was a British physicist.

From the description of Papers, 1911-ca. 1938. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122608770

From the guide to the Sir Charles Galton Darwin papers, 1911-ca. 1938, 1911 - Circa 1938, (American Philosophical Society)

Physicist (wave theory, quantum theory, x-ray diffraction) and administrator. On the physics faculty at Manchester University (1910-1914); on the mathematics faculty at University of Cambridge (1936-1943); on the natural philosophy faculty at University of Edinburgh (1923-1936); director of the National Physics Laboratory, Middlesex (1938-1949).

From the description of Miscellaneous correspondence. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79619493

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Subjects:

  • Atomic orbitals
  • Atomic theory
  • Complementarity (Physics)
  • Eugenics
  • Eugenics
  • Magnetic storms
  • Malthusianism
  • Physics
  • Physics
  • Quantum theory
  • Quantum theory
  • Relativity (Physics)
  • Science and the arts
  • Social prediction
  • Solid state physics
  • Wave mechanics

Occupations:

  • Physicists

Places:

  • England (as recorded)

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