Charles Gorrie Wynne
Charles Gorrie Wynne ( May 18, 1911 - October 1, 1999 ) was an English optician . He was a professor at Imperial College London .
His most important developments include the computer-aided minimization of square errors in optical systems, correctors for optical telescopes, the Wynne-Dyson imagesetter for integrated circuits and optics for bubble chambers .
In 1970 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society . In 1971 he received the Young Medal and in 1982 the Rumford Medal .
Web links
- Jonathan Maxwell, Prudence MJH Wormell ,: Charles Gorrie Wynne . In: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . tape 47 , November 1, 2001, p. 498-514 , doi : 10.1098 / rsbm.2001.0030 (English, royalsocietypublishing.org [PDF]).
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| SURNAME | Wynne, Charles Gorrie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English optician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1911 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1999 |