Charles Glover Barkla
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| Born | Charles Glover Barkla 7 June 1877 Widnes, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 23 October 1944 (aged 67) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions |
University of Cambridge University of Liverpool King's College London University of Edinburgh |
| Alma mater |
University College Liverpool Trinity College, Cambridge King's College, Cambridge |
| Academic advisors |
J. J. Thomson Oliver Lodge |
| Known for |
X-ray scattering X-ray spectroscopy |
| Notable awards |
Nobel Prize in Physics (1917) Hughes Medal of the Royal Society |
Charles Glover Barkla FRSFRSE (7 June 1877 – 23 October 1944) was a British physicist, and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his work in X-ray spectroscopy and related areas in the study of X-rays (Roentgen rays).
Barkla was born in Widnes, England, to John Martin Barkla, a secretary for the Atlas Chemical Company, and Sarah Glover, daughter of a watchmaker.
Barkla studied at the Liverpool Institute and proceeded by Liverpool University with a County Council Scholarship and a Bibby Scholarship. Barkla initially studied Mathematics but later specialised in Physics under Sir Oliver Lodge. During the absence of Oliver Lodge due to ill health, Barkla would replace him in lectures.
In 1899 Barkla was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, with an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, to work in the Cavendish Laboratory under the physicist J. J. Thomson (discoverer of the electron). During his first two years at Cambridge, Barkla would, under the directions of Thomson, study the velocity of electromagnetic waves along wires of different widths and materials.
After a year and a half at Trinity College, Cambridge, his love of music led him to transfer to King's College, Cambridge, in order to sing in their chapel choir. Barkla's baritone voice was of remarkable beauty and his solo performances would always be fully attended. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1903, and then his Master of Arts degree in 1907. He married Mary Esther Cowell in the same year, with whom he would have two sons and one daughter.
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