Charles Galton Darwin

Sir Charles Galton Darwin KBE MC FRS
Born	Charles Galton Darwin (1887-12-19)19 December 1887 Cambridge, England
Died	31 December 1962(1962-12-31) (aged 75) Cambridge, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Known for	Darwin term Darwin Lagrangian Darwin drift Darwin–Radau equation Darwin–Fowler method
Spouse	Katharine Pember ​ (m. 1925)​
Children	5, including Cecily and Henry
Parent(s)	George Howard Darwin Martha (Maud) du Puy
Relatives	Darwin–Wedgwood family
Awards	Royal Medal (1935) Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Physicist
Institutions	National Physical Laboratory Victoria University of Manchester Royal Engineers Christ's College, Cambridge California Institute of Technology University of Edinburgh Manhattan Project
Academic advisors	Ernest Rutherford Niels Bohr
4th Director of NPL
In office 1949–1938
Preceded by	William Lawrence Bragg
Succeeded by	Edward Victor Appleton (Acting)

Sir Charles Galton Darwin KBE MC FRS^[1] (19 December 1887 – 31 December 1962) was an English physicist who served as director of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) during the Second World War.^[2] He was a son of the mathematician George Howard Darwin and a grandson of Charles Darwin.