Papers and correspondence of Henry Albert Howard Boot 1939-1979

Henry Albert Howard Boot, 1917-1983

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Boot was a physicist who made an outstanding contribution to the successful application of British science during the Second World War. Working with J.T. Randall in M.L.E. Oliphant's laboratory at Birmingham University, Boot produced the first 10 centimetre radar through the cavity magnetron. a discovery which had a profound impact on the waging of the war in several important spheres. In the Battle of the Atlantic centrimetric radar provided the Allies with a means of locating with accuracy, su...

Hartree, Douglas R. (Douglas Rayner), 1897-1958

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Hartree was born in Cambridge and educated at Bedales School, 1910-1915. He entered St John's College, Cambridge in 1915 but his course was interrupted by war and he joined the team led by A.V. Hill which was studying anti-aircraft gunnery. He returned to Cambridge after the war, graduating in 1921, Mathematical Tripos Part I, Natural Sciences Tripos (Physics) Part II. He was awarded his Ph.D. in 1926. He was a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, 1924-1927, and Christ's College, Cambridge, 1...

Stoner, Edmund Clifton, 1899-1968

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Physicist and member of the Royal Society. Educated at Cambridge University; worked with Rutherford as a graduate student at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge from 1921 to 1924 when he was appointed Lecturer in Physics at Leeds University. He remained at Leeds for the rest of his life, as Reader in Physics, 1927-1939, Professor of Theoretical Physics, 1939-1951, and Cavendish Professor of Physics, 1951-1963, in succession to R. Whiddington. His research interests were in magnetism and low temp...

Boot Henry Albert Howard 1917-1983

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