Karl George Emeléus
English experimental physicist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karl George Emeléus (4 August 1901 in London–18 June 1989 in Belfast)[1] was an English experimental physicist who spent half a century on the staff at Queen's University Belfast. His early research in detection of nuclear radiation led on to a lifetime of research into the conduction of electricity through gases.
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Karl George Emeléus | |
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Born | (1901-08-04)August 4, 1901 |
Died | (1989-06-18)June 18, 1989 (aged 87) |
Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Spouse | Florence Mary Chambers |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Conduction of electricity through gases |
Institutions | King's College London St John's College, Cambridge Queen's University Belfast |
Thesis | Methods for detecting single ionizing particles (1926) |
Doctoral advisor | Edward Appleton |
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