Thomas, Llewellyn Hilleth.

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Birth 1903-10-31
Death 1992-04-20

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Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas (1903-1992). Physicist (atomic physics, nuclear, atomic and molecular structure, astrophysics). On the physics faculty at Ohio State University (1929-1943, 1945-1946); physicist and ballistician, Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (1943-1945); on the physics faculty at Columbia University from 1950, member of senior staff of Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory established by IBM at Columbia; professor at North Carolina State University from 1968. Thomas is best remembered for his work on atomic physics, particularly the development of the statistical model of the atom; concurrently developed by Enrico Fermi the model is known as the Thomas-Fermi model.

From the description of Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas papers, 1921-1989. [manuscript]. (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 466892732

Physicist (atomic physics, nuclear, atomic and molecular structure, astrophysics). On the physics faculty at Ohio State University (1929-1943, 1945-1946); physicist and ballistician, Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (1943-1945); on the physics faculty at Columbia University from 1950, member of senior staff of Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory established by IBM at Columbia; professor at North Carolina State University from 1968. Thomas is best remembered for his work on atomic physics, particularly the development of the statistical model of the atom; concurrently developed by Enrico Fermi the model is known as the Thomas-Fermi model.

From the description of Papers, 1925-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122581695

Physicist (atomic physics, nuclear, atomic and molecular structure, astrophysics). On the physics faculty at Ohio State University, 1929-1943, 1945-1946; physicist and ballistician, Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 1943-1945; on the physics faculty at Columbia University from 1950; and at North Carolina State from 1968.

From the description of Manuscript on the equation of motion of a spinning electron, 1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82908056

Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas (1903-1992). Physicist (atomic physics, nuclear, atomic and molecular structure, astrophysics). On the physics faculty at Ohio State University (1929-1943, 1945-1946); physicist and ballistician, Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (1943-1945); on the physics faculty at Columbia University from 1950, member of senior staff of Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory established by IBM at Columbia; professor at North Carolina State University from 1968. Thomas is best remembered for his work on atomic physics, particularly the development of the statistical model of the atom; concurrently developed by Enrico Fermi the model is known as the Thomas-Fermi model.

1903 Born, Oct. 31, London, England 1924 Awarded B.A. degree, Cambridge University 1927 Awarded Ph.D. degree, Cambridge University 1928 Awarded M.A. degree, Cambridge University 1929 1946 Professor of Physics, Ohio State University 1933 Married Naomi Estelle Frech 1943 1945 Physicist and Ballistician, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 1946 1968 Consultant, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 1946 1963 Member of the Senior Staff, Watson Scientific Laboratory, Columbia University 1950 1968 Professor of Physics (Honorary), Columbia University 1958 Elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences 1963 1968 Fellow of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) 1968 1976 Visiting University Professor, North Carolina State University 1992 Died April 20, Raleigh, North Carolina

From the guide to the Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas Papers, 1921-1989, (Special Collections Research Center)

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