R. H. Fowler

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/R._H._Fowler
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate Object
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1889-01-17
gptkbp:deathDate 1944-07-28
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Douglas_Hartree
gptkb:John_Lennard-Jones
gptkb:Nevill_Francis_Mott
gptkb:Paul_Dirac
gptkb:Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar
gptkb:William_McCrea
gptkbp:father gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:statistical_mechanics
physics
thermodynamics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Ralph_Howard_Fowler
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label R. H. Fowler
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Fowler–Nordheim_equation
gptkb:statistical_mechanics
work on thermodynamics
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Royal_Artillery
gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Farnworth,_Lancashire,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Plumian_Professor_of_Astronomy_and_Experimental_Philosophy,_University_of_Cambridge
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gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Constitution_and_Fundamental_Properties_of_Solids_and_Liquids
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