Archibald Howie
Archibald "Archie" Howie (born March 8, 1934 ) is a British physicist . He is known for his fundamental work on transmission electron microscopy .
Howie attended Kirkcaldy High School and the University of Edinburgh . He received the Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge , where he gradually got a permanent position. He has been a Fellow of Churchill College since its inception and President of the Senior Combination Room (SCR) until 2010.
In 1965 he published the work Electron Microscopy of Thin Crystals with Peter B. Hirsch , MJ Whelan , Pashley and Nicholson.
Howie was the head of the Cavendish Laboratory from 1989 to 1997 .
Awards
- 1978 Fellow of the Royal Society (elected member)
- 1988 Hughes Medal with Michael John Whelan
- 1992 Faraday Medal (IOP)
- 1998 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1999 Royal Medal
- 2012 Gjønnes Medal in Electron Crystallography together with Michael John Whelan
literature
- Who's Who 2012 . 164th edition. A & C Black, London 2011, ISBN 978-1-4081-4229-5 , pp. 1131 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ P. Hirsch , A. Howie, R. Nicholson, DW Pashley and MJ Whelan : Electron microscopy of thin crystals. Butterworths, London 1965; Krieger, Malabar FL 1977, ISBN 0-88275-376-2
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Howie, Archibald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Howie, Archie (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1934 |