Person Barnes; Howard Turner (1873 - 1950); physicist Barnes Howard Turner physicist 1873 - 1950 American Male Woburn, Massachusetts, United States of America 21 July 1873 18730721 Burlington, Vermont, United States of America 04 October 1950 19501004

physicist Physics Education: Montreal Academy ; DSc (McGill) Career: Demonstrator at McGill in physics, working under Hugh Longbourne Callendar (FRS 1894); went to the UK on a scholarship from the Royal Society (1899); returned to McGill as lecturer in physics (1900); assistant professor at McGill (1901: associate professor at McGill (1907); appointed Macdonald Professor of Physics and Director of the Laboratory (1907-1917); professor at McGill (1920-1933). Memberships: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada 1908 Tyndall Lecturer 1912 Parents: Reverend William S. Barnes, LL.D., and of Mary Alice (née Turner). Spouse: Miss Anne Kershaw Cunliffe, younger daughter of Thomas Cunliffe of Bolton, Lancashire (September 1901). Children: William, Thomas, Anne and Mary (twins). Specialised in calorimetry, electrolytes, ice formation and ice engineering. Fellow 04/05/1911 38 Hugh Longbourne Callendar; Ernest Rutherford; Ernest Hhoward Griffiths; Henry Taylor Bovey; Ernest William MacBride; Frank Dawson Adams; John George Adami; Arthur Schuster; William Cecil Dampier Whetham; Frederick Thomas Trouton; Joseph W Swan Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB vol 17 pp 46-47 Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1952-1953 vol 8 pp 25-35, plate, by J S Foster References: R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 Barnes H T, IM Maull 005054.jpg ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1952.0003 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Barnes%2C+Howard+Turner https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH544 21 Jul 1873 - 4 Oct 1950 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 28/03/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA4794 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes ebb63d1e-234f-4517-a054-3bc047cba19d