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Charles Glover Barkla
Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his discovery of characteristic X-rays.
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science · British physicist (1877–1944) · physicist · university teacher · also Charles Glover Barkla, Charles Barkla, Barkla
Born 7 June 1877 · Died 23 October 1944 · Q160522
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1944· 1 entry
Died 1944-10-23.
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1917· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1917).
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Won Hughes Medal (1917).
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For his discovery of characteristic X-rays
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1916· 1 entry
Won Royal Society Bakerian Medal (1916).
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1913· 1 entry
Became Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, where he remained until his death
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1909· 1 entry
Was appointed Wheatstone Professor of Physics at the University of London
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1907· 1 entry
Barkla married Mary Esther Cowell, with whom he had two sons and one daughter
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1903· 1 entry
Barkla studied secondary X-rays from gases radiated by other X-rays, developing a new experimental setup
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1902· 1 entry
Barkla returned to the University of Liverpool as an Oliver Lodge Fellow
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1899· 1 entry
Barkla was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, with an 1851 Research Fellowship to study under J
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1898· 1 entry
Graduated with First Class Honours in Physics, and received his master's degree the following year
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1877· 1 entry
Born 1877-06-07.
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