H. Stanley Allen

Herbert Stanley Allen
Allen in 1931.
Born(1873-12-29)29 December 1873
Died27 April 1954(1954-04-27) (aged 80)
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma mater
Known for
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society, 1930[1]
Makdougall Brisbane prize, 1924
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
Institutions
Doctoral advisorJ. J. Thomson
Harold A. Wilson
Charles Glover Barkla

Herbert Stanley Allen FRSE FRS[1] (29 December 1873 – 27 April 1954) was an English physicist from Cornwall noted as a pioneer in early X-ray research, working under J. J. Thomson at the University of London and alongside Nobel laureate Charles Glover Barkla at the University of Edinburgh. A supporter of the Parson magneton, Allen was also an early contributor to the field of quantum mechanics.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Wilson, William (1955). "Herbert Stanley Allen. 1873-1954". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1: 5–10. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1955.0002. JSTOR 769239.

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