| Authorised form of name | Garton; William Reginald Stephen (1912 - 2002) |
| Dates | 1912 - 2002 |
| Date of birth | 07/03/1912 |
| Date of death | 28/08/2002 |
| Activity | Career:
Imperial College London, Demonstrator (1936-1939) Lecturer in Physics (1946-19540 Senior Lecturer (1954-1957) Reader (1957-1964) Professor of Spectroscopy (1964-19790 Senior Research Fellow (1979-2002). Innovations in spectroscopy, both in exploring unsuspected complexities in 'simple' atoms and in pioneering applications of classical spectroscopy to new fields. Diversity of his work illustrated by topics covered by his 80th birthday meeting; from space telescope observations to laboratory plasmas and from atmospheric chemistry to the unexpected behaviour of atoms in high magnetic fields.
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/03/1969 |
| Age at election | 57 |
| Code | NA4166 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1969/11 | Garton, William Reginald Stephen: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |