Ralph H. Fowler

Ralph Howard Fowler
Born(1889-01-17)17 January 1889
Fedsden, Roydon, Essex, England
Died28 July 1944(1944-07-28) (aged 55)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Known forFowler–Nordheim-type equations
Fowler–Nordheim tunneling
Darwin-Fowler method
Bernal–Fowler rules
Field electron emission
Degenerate stars
Zeroth law of thermodynamics
AwardsRayleigh Prize (1913)
Adams Prize (1924)
Royal Medal (1936)
Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
FieldsStatistical physics
InstitutionsCambridge University
Academic advisorsArchibald Vivian Hill
Doctoral studentsGarrett Birkhoff
S. Chandrasekhar
Paul Dirac
Wang Zhuxi
Homi J. Bhabha
Douglas Rayner Hartree
John Lennard-Jones
Harrie Massey
William McCrea
Nevill Francis Mott
Maurice Pryce
Daulat Singh Kothari[2]
Bertha Swirles

Sir Ralph Howard Fowler OBE FRS[1] (17 January 1889 – 28 July 1944) was a British physicist and astronomer and physical chemist.

  1. ^ a b Milne, E. A. (1945). "Ralph Howard Fowler. 1889–1944". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 5 (14): 60–78. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1945.0005. S2CID 170967451.
  2. ^ Panchapakesan, N. (July 1994). "DS Kothari and Delhi University" (PDF). Defence Science Journal. 44 (3): 199–202.

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