Elizabeth Laird (physicist)
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Elizabeth Rebecca Laird (December 6, 1874 – March 3, 1969) was a Canadian physicist who chaired the physics department at Mount Holyoke College for nearly four decades.[1] She was the first woman accepted by Sir J. J. Thomson to conduct research at Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory. In her later life she studied electromagnetic radiation for military and medical applications.[2][3]
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Elizabeth Laird | |
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Born | (1874-12-06)December 6, 1874 |
Died | March 3, 1969(1969-03-03) (aged 94) |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | University of Toronto, Bryn Mawr College |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Mount Holyoke College, Cavendish Laboratory |
Thesis | The absorption spectrum of chlorine (1901) |
Doctoral advisor | Arthur Stanley Mackenzie |
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Asteroid (16192) Laird is named in her honour.