Ralph Howard Fowler
Ralph Howard Fowler (born January 17, 1889 in Fedsden , Essex , † July 28, 1944 in Cambridge ) was a British physicist and astronomer for theoretical astrophysics .
Life
Ralph Howard Fowler was the eldest son of Howard Fowler and Frances Eva. He studied mathematics at Trinity College of Cambridge University from 1908 to 1915. In the First World War he became a Marine artillery officer in Gallipoli wounded; then he worked in a naval research institute on the aerodynamics of artillery shells.
From 1920 he taught mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He works with Edward Arthur Milne and Paul Dirac on astrophysics , statistical mechanics and thermodynamics . In 1932 he got the chair for theoretical physics at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar , Homi Jehangir Bhabha, and John Lennard-Jones were among his students . At the outbreak of the Second World War he worked again for military research and was in particular liaison with the United States .
Fowler had been a member of the Royal Society since 1925 . In 1936 he was awarded the Royal Medal by the Royal Society . He was decorated with the Order of the British Empire for his work during the World Wars in 1918 and ennobled in 1942.
In 1921 he married Eileen Rutherford, the daughter of Ernest Rutherford . The couple had four children.
In 1970 the lunar crater Fowler was named after him and Alfred Fowler .
The asteroid (2762) Fowler is named after him. The same applies to the Fowler Islands in Antarctica.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ralph Howard Fowler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by RH Fowler in the Astrophysics Data System
- Obituaries for RH Fowler in the Astrophysics Data System
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Ralph Howard Fowler. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ralph Howard Fowler in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- ^ Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1 in the Google Book Search
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fowler, Ralph Howard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physicist and astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fedsden , Essex |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1944 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |