| Authorised form of name | Gabor; Dennis (1900 - 1979) |
| Other forms of name | Denis |
| Dates | 1900 - 1979 |
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary |
| Date of birth | 05/06/1900 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 09/02/1979 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Electrical engineering |
| Activity | Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physics) 1971 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/03/1956 |
| Age at election | 55 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1968 |
| Source | Altname taken from election certificate
Sources:
DSB vol 17 pp 324-328
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1980 vol 26 pp 107-147, plate, by T E Allibone
References:
P G Tanner and T E Allibone, 'The Patent Literature of Nobel Laureate Dennis Gabor (1900-1979)' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 105-120 |
| Code | NA6123 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| PB/2/6/33 | 'Where Do Cosmic Rays Come From? Acceleration by Changing Magnetic Fields', in "Times Science Review", Winter 1954 | 1954 |
| PB/9/1/42 | Correspondence with Dennis Gabor | 1967-1971 |
| PB/1/33/5/3 | Order of Merit | 1967 |
| PB/8/27/4 | Letters of thanks, comment etc from friend and colleagues re 'Atomic Weapons and East-West Relations' | 1956 |
| IM/001585 | Gabor, David | nd |
| RR/68/467 | Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'Stationary electron swarms in electromagnetic fields' by Dennis Gabor | [1944] |
| RR/71/113 | Referee's report by Thomas Smith, on a paper 'Microscopy by reconstructed wave-fronts' by Dennis Gabor | [1948] |
| RR/71/111 | Referee's report by Cecil Reginald Burch, on a paper 'Microscopy by reconstructed wave-fronts' by Dennis Gabor | [1948] |
| EC/1956/06 | Gabor, Denis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PB/4/7/2/13 | 'Operational research and nuclear weapons' | 1961 |
| RR/71/110 | Letter from Harry Hemley Plaskett, to David Christie Martin, regarding a paper 'Microscopy by reconstructed wave-fronts' by Dennis Gabor | 21 September 1948 |
| RR/71/112 | Referee's report by George Ingle Finch, on a paper 'Microscopy by reconstructed wave-fronts' by Dennis Gabor | [1948] |