Charles Glover Barkla

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Image:Charles Glover Barkla.jpg Charles Glover Barkla
Born	June 27, 1877 Widnes, Cheshire, England
Died	October 23, 1944 Edinburgh, Scotland
Residence	UK
Nationality	British
Institution	Cambridge University Liverpool University King's College London University of Edinburgh
Alma mater	University College Liverpool Cambridge University
Academic advisor	J.J. Thompson Oliver Lodge
Known for	X-ray scattering
Notable prizes	Image:Nobel.svg Nobel Prize in Physics (1917)

Charles Glover Barkla (June 27, 1877 – October 23, 1944) was a British physicist.

He was born in Widnes and studied at the Liverpool Institute and Liverpool University. In 1913, after having worked at the universities of Cambridge, Liverpool and King's College London he was appointed professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, a position he held until his death. He married Mary Esther Cowell in 1907.

He evolved the laws of X-ray scattering and the laws governing the transmission of X rays through matter and excitation of secondary rays. For his discovery of the characteristic X-rays of elements he received the 1917 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was awarded the Royal Society's Hughes Medal that same year.

The lunar crater Barkla was named in his honour and a commemorative plaque is in the vicinity of the Canongate, near the Faculty of Education Buildings, University of Edinburgh.

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