Charles Galton Darwin
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Sir Charles Galton Darwin KBE MC FRS[1] (19 December 1887 – 31 December 1962) was an English physicist who served as director of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) during the Second World War.[2] He was a son of the mathematician George Howard Darwin and a grandson of Charles Darwin.
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Born | Charles Galton Darwin (1887-12-19)19 December 1887 Cambridge, England |
Died | 31 December 1962(1962-12-31) (aged 75) Cambridge, England |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Known for | Darwin term Darwin Lagrangian Darwin drift Darwin–Radau equation Darwin–Fowler method |
Spouse |
Katharine Pember (m. 1925) |
Children | 5, including Cecily and Henry |
Parent(s) | George Howard Darwin Martha (Maud) du Puy |
Relatives | Darwin–Wedgwood family |
Awards | Royal Medal (1935) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physicist |
Institutions | National Physical Laboratory Victoria University of Manchester Royal Engineers Christ's College, Cambridge California Institute of Technology University of Edinburgh Manhattan Project |
Academic advisors | Ernest Rutherford Niels Bohr |
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