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Bertha Swirles

Bertha Swirles
Black and white portrait photograph of Berth Swirles take in 1962. She is wear a jacket, blouse, a necklaces and spectacles. She is smiling.
Bertha Swirles in 1962
Born(1903-05-22)22 May 1903
Northampton, England
Died18 December 1999 (1999-12-19) (aged 96)
Alma materGirton College, University of Cambridge
SpouseHarold Jeffreys
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum physics
Mathematics education
InstitutionsGirton College, University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisorMax Born
Ralph Howard Fowler

Bertha Swirles, Lady Jeffreys (22 May 1903 – 18 December 1999) was an English physicist, academic and scientific author who carried out research on quantum theory in its early days. She was associated with Girton College, University of Cambridge, as student and Fellow, for over 70 years.[1]

  1. ^ Ruth M. Williams, Bertha Swirles Jeffreys (1903-1999), pp. 178–190, in Out of the Shadows: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics, edited by Nina Byers and Gary Williams, 498 p. (Cambridge University Press, 2006). ISBN 0-521-82197-5

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