Authorised form of name | Landau; Lev Davydovitch (1908 - 1968) |
Other forms of name | Lev Davydovich |
Dates | 1908 - 1968 |
Nationality | Russian |
Place of birth | Baku, Russia |
Date of birth | 22/01/1908 |
Place of death | Moscow, Russia |
Date of death | 01 or 03 April 1968 |
Research field | Theoretical physics |
Activity | Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physics) 1962 |
Membership category | Foreign Member |
Date of election | 28/04/1960 |
Age at election | 52 |
Source | Sources: DSB Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1969 vol 15 pp 141-158, plate, by P L Kapitza and E M Lifshitz Notes: The spelling 'Davydovitch' appears in index to BR, BM 15 and YBs; but 'Davydovich' is given in R and DSB. DSB gives death date as 03 April 1968 |
Code | NA1840 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1960/29 | Landau, Lev Davydovitch: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
IM/002615 | Landau, Lev Davydovitch | nd |
RR/64/91 | Referee's report by Nevill Francis Mott, on a paper 'The cascade theory of electronic showers' by Lev Davydovitch Landau and G Rumer | [December 1937] |
RR/64/92 | Second referee's report by Nevill Francis Mott, on a paper 'The cascade theory of electronic showers' by Lev Davydovitch Landau and G Rumer | [February 1938] |
RR/64/93 | Referee's report by Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea, on a paper 'The cascade theory of electronic showers' by Lev Davydovitch Landau and G Rumer | 2 December 1937 |