George James Burch
George James Burch (born May 11, 1852 in Sewardstone , Essex , † 1914 in Oxford ) was a British physicist .
life and work
Burch studied at Oxford University from 1886 and obtained his master’s degree in 1889 . In 1891 he became a lecturer and in 1892 professor of physics at the University of Reading .
From 1896 to 1898 he worked at Oxford University, where he published several joint works with John Scott Burdon-Sanderson and Francis Gotch . He did research mainly on physiological optics and in 1897 presented an improvement to the capillary electrometer at a conference of the Physiological Society .
In 1900 he was elected a member of the Royal Society . There he was a member of the cataract committee , which carried out chemical, physical and physiological experiments for the treatment of cataracts and tried to put the knowledge gained into practice in glass factories.
In 1909, he stopped teaching and researching for health reasons.
His sons Francis Parry Burch (1899–1933) and Cecil Reginald Burch , CBE , (1901–1983) were also physicists. Cecil Reginald Burch was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1944.
Publications
Burch published 14 scientific articles in the Journal of Physiology between 1887 and 1911 .
He wrote two books about his theoretical and practical experience:
- The Capillary Electrometer In Theory And Practice. Tucker, London 1896. New edition: Read Books, 2008, ISBN 978-1408699140 . ( Google books )
- Practical Exercises in Physiological Optics. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1912. New edition: Read Books, 2008, ISBN 978-1408691526 . ( Google books )
literature
- Walter J. O'Connor: British physiologists 1885-1914. A biographical dictionary. Manchester University Press, Manchester 1991, ISBN 0-7190-3282-2 .
- Robert Fox, Graeme Gooday: Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939. ( Google books )
Individual evidence
- ^ The Royal Society's Glass Workers' Cataract Committee; Sir William Crookes and the development of sunglasses - Notes & Records . rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
- ↑ Guide to the manuscript papers of British scientists . www.bath.ac.uk. 2008. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burch, George James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sewardstone , Essex |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1914 |
| Place of death | Oxford |