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Authorised form of nameKuhn; Heinrich Gerhard (1904 - 1994)
Dates1904 - 1994
NationalityBritish
Date of birth10/03/1904
Date of death26/08/1994
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/03/1954
Age at election50
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1996 vol 42 pp 219-232, plate, by Brebis Bleaney
References:
Brebis Bleaney, 'A Century of Physics in Oxford' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 333-343
B Marsden, 'From Watt to Cardwell. The development of science and technology in nineteenth century Britain: the importance of Manchester, by D Cardwell, ed R L Hills' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 318-320
CodeNA2571
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1954/09Kuhn, Heinrich Gerhard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/WS/4646Kuhn, Heinrich Gerhardnd
RR/66/132Letter from Heinrich Gerhard Kuhn, regarding a paper 'Hyperfine structure and Zeeman-effect of the resonance lines of lithium' by Derek Ainslie Jackson and Heinrich Gerhard Kuhn10 August 1939
RR/66/131Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'Hyperfine structure and Zeeman-effect of the resonance lines of lithium' by Derek Ainslie Jackson and Heinrich Gerhard Kuhn[July 1939]
PB/1/33/2Correspondence concerning the Copley Medal of the Royal Society1956
RR/64/62Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'Hyperfine structure and nuclear moments of aluminium' by Derek Ainslie Jackson and Heinrich Gerhard Kuhn[August 1937]
RR/73/32Referee's report by Paul Dirac, on a paper 'The fine structure of hydrogen alpha line' by Heinrich Gerhard Kuhn and George William Series6 February 1950
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