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  1. Charles Glover Barkla FRS FRSE (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).

  2. Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1917 for his work on X-ray scattering, which occurs when X-rays pass through a material and are deflected by the atomic electrons. This technique proved to be particularly useful in the study of atomic.

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  3. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1917. Born: 7 June 1877, Widnes, United Kingdom. Died: 23 October 1944, Edinburgh, Scotland. Affiliation at the time of the award: Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements”. Charles Glover Barkla received his ...

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  5. May 29, 2018 · Barkla, Charles Glover. ( b. Widnes, Lancashire, England, 27 June 1877; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, 23 October 1944). physics. Barkla’s father, John Martin Barkla, was secretary of the Atlas Chemical Company in Widnes; his mother, Sarah Glover, was of a local family of watch manufacturers.

  6. Charles Barkla was an influential English physicist who became professor of Natural Philosophy in Edinburgh. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1917 for his work on X-ray spectroscopy. View one larger picture

  7. Charles Glover Barkla. UK citizen. Born 1877 in Widnes, UK, died 1944, Edinburgh, UK. Charles Glover Barkla was born on June 7, 1877 at Widnes, Lancashire, England, where his father, J. M. Barkla, was Secretary to the Atlas Chemical Company.

  8. Charles Glover Barkla. 1877-1944. English physicist noted for his research and important discoveries concerning x-rays. He was awarded the 1917 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering that x-ray scattering depends on the molecular weight of gases through which it passes (1903).

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