Sir Ralph Howard Fowler

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Ralph_Howard_Fowler
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:award gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1889-01-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Liverpool,_England
gptkbp:deathDate 1944-07-28
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkbp:field gptkb:statistical_mechanics
astrophysics
thermodynamics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Ralph Howard Fowler
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Fowler–Guggenheim_equation
gptkb:Fowler–Nordheim_equation
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Royal_Artillery
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:John_Lennard-Jones
gptkb:Paul_Dirac
gptkb:Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Eileen_Mary_Rutherford
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Cavendish_Laboratory
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ruth_Fowler_Edwards
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6