| Authorised form of name | Frank; Sir; Frederick Charles (1911 - 1998) |
| Dates | 1911 - 1998 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 11/03/1911 |
| Date of death | 05/04/1998 |
| Activity | Education:
Ipswich School (1927-1929)
Honours:
OBE 1946; Kt 1977
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1954 |
| Age at election | 43 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1967-1969; VP 1967-1969
Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1979; Copley Medal 1994
Lectures:
Bakerian 1973 |
| Source | Sources:
School
AssocMaterial:
NCUACS 15/8/89. Papers deposited in Bristol University Library
NCUACS 127/13/03. Papers deposited in Bristol University Library
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2000 vol 46 pp 177-196, plate, by F R N Nabarro and J F Nye
References:
'Address of the President, Sir Michael Atiyah, OM, Given at the Anniversary Meeting on 30 November 1994' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 141-151
Sir Sam Edwards, review of R G Chambers et al, eds, Sir Charles Frank OBE, FRS; An Eightieth Birthday Tribute in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 330-331 |
| Code | NA1540 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/005850 | Frank, Sir Frederick Charles | nd |
| IM/005849 | Frank, Sir Frederick Charles | nd |
| HWT/39/14 | Great Britain-China Committee (later Great Britain-China Centre) | October 1972 |
| IM/001531 | Frank, Sir Frederick Charles | 17 July 1976 |
| RR/65/96 | Second referee's report by John Edward Lennard-Jones, on a paper 'Melting as a disorder phenomenon' by Frederick Charles Frank | December 1938 |
| RR/72/122 | Referee's report by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'One-dimensional dislocations IV. Dynamics' by Frederick Charles Frank and J H van der Merwe | 1949 |
| RR/67/334 | Referee's report and letter from Frederick Charles Frank, on a paper 'Dielectric loss in simple alkyd, resins' by D R Pelmore and E L Simons | 10 April 1940 |
| RR/71/107 | Referee's report by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'One-dimensional dislocations. I. Static theory' by Frederick Charles Frank and J H Van Der Merwe | [1948] |
| RR/71/106 | Referee's report by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'One-dimensional dislocations. II. Misfitting monolayers and oriented overgrowth' by Frederick Charles Frank and J H Van Der Merwe | [1948] |
| RR/55/132 | Referee's report by Arthur William Conway, on a paper 'Dipole induction and the solvent effect in dipole moment measurements' by Frederick Charles Frank | July 1935 |
| RR/72/121 | Referee's report by Egon Orowan, on a paper 'One-dimensional dislocations - III. Influence of the second harmonic term in the potential representation, on the properties of the model' by Frederick Charles Frank and J H van der Merwe | 1949 |
| RR/72/118 | Note from D B, on a paper 'Radially symmetric phase growth controlled by diffusion' by Frederick Charles Frank to Geoffrey Ingram Taylor | 1949 |
| RR/72/120 | Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Radially symmetric phase growth controlled by diffusion' by Frederick Charles Frank | 1949 |
| IM/001532 | Frank, Sir Frederick Charles | 1994 |
| EC/1954/04 | Frank, Sir Frederick Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/72/119 | Letter from Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Radially symmetric phase growth controlled by diffusion' by Frederick Charles Frank to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 13 January 1950 |
| RR/73/73 | Letter from Alan Herries Wilson, on four papers by William Keith Burton, Nicolás Cabrera and Frederick Charles Frank to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 22 May 1950 |
| RR/73/77 | Referee's report by Rudolf Peierls, on a paper 'A theory of growth of real crystals. II. Rates of growth of a crystal surface' by William Keith Burton, Nicolás Cabrera and Frederick Charles Frank | [4 July 1950] |
| RR/73/76 | Referee's report by Rudolf Peierls, on a paper 'A theory of growth of real crystals. I. Movement of steps on a crystal surface' by William Keith Burton, Nicolás Cabrera and Frederick Charles Frank | [4 July 1950] |
| RR/73/70 | Letter from John Edward Lennard-Jones, on four papers by William Keith Burton, Nicolás Cabrera and Frederick Charles Frank to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 27 March 1950 |
| RR/73/71 | Letter from William Lawrence Bragg, on four papers by William Keith Burton, Nicolás Cabrera and Frederick Charles Frank to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 25 April 1950 |
| RR/73/72 | Letter from William Lawrence Bragg, on four papers by William Keith Burton, Nicolás Cabrera and Frederick Charles Frank to David Brunt | 10 May 1950 |