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Authorised form of namePenman; Howard Latimer (1909 - 1984)
Dates1909 - 1984
Date of birth10/04/1909
Date of death15/10/1984
OccupationPhysicist
ActivityEducation:
MSc; PhD
Career:
Head of Physics Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station
Honours:
OBE 1962
Memberships:
FRMS (President 1961-1963)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/03/1962
Age at election52
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1986 vol 32 pp 377-404, plate, by J L Monteith
CodeNA2770
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1962/17Penman, Howard Latimer: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/70/193Referee's report by David Brunt, on a paper 'Natural evaporation from open water, bare soil and grass' by Howard Latimer Penman1947
RR/68/115Second referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'Theory of porometers used in the study of stomatal movements in leaves' by Howard Latimer Penman[1941]
RR/68/113Referee's report by Sydney Chapman, on a paper 'Theory of porometers used in the study of stomatal movements in leaves' by Howard Latimer Penman1 September 1941
RR/68/114Referee's report by George Edward Briggs, on a paper 'Theory of porometers used in the study of stomatal movements in leaves' by Howard Latimer Penman[1941]
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