| Citation | Professor of Mathematics, King's College, University of London. Distinguished for his investigations in mathematical physics. Author of the following papers among others: - 'General Solution of Electromangnetic Equations' (Phil Mag, 1907); 'Reflection of Waves from a Variable Stratum, with Application to Sound' (Proc Roy Soc, 1908); 'Bending of Electric Waves round the Earth' (Phil Mag, 1910, and elsewhere); 'Bending and Scattering of Waves by Large Spheres, and Theory of Wireless Telegraphy' (6 papers) (Phil Mag, 1910-1912, and Proc Lond Math Soc Ser 2, vol ix); 'Papers on Inductance and Resistance of Helical Coils, Parallel Wires, and in Telephone Circuits' (Proc Phys Soc, vols xxi-xxiii); 'Initial Motions of Electrified Systems' (Phil Mag, 1910 and 1911); 'Pressure of Radiation on Spherical and Cylindrical Particles' (Month Notices, Roy Astron Soc, 1910, Proc Lond Math Soc, vol ix); 'Electrons in Metallic Conduction and Optical Properties of Fused Metals' (Phil Mag, 1911); 'Asymptotic Expansions of Legendre and Bersal Functions' (ibid, 1908, 1910, and Quart Journ, vols clxiii, clxix); 'Constitution of Nebulae, the Solar Corona, and Wolf-Paget Stars' (10 papers) (Month Notices, Roy Astron Soc, 1911 onwards); 'Structure of Atom in Relation to Spectra' (Roy Soc Discussion, June, 1914, Phil Mag, 1914). |