| RefNo | EC/1932/08 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XIV, 125; A03192 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Hartree, Douglas Rayner: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Distinguished for his work in mathematical physics. Made substantial contributions to ballistics, embodied in the official 'Text-Book of Anti-Aircraft Gunnery.' An authority on the relation of optical and X-ray spectra to atomic structure. Principally known for his origination of the concept of the 'self consistent field' in the many-electron problem. This fructified in much work by himself and others on the determination of atomic energy levels and wave functions, the analysis of X-ray scattering, etc. Calculated the successive ionization potentials of the elements. Has made valuable contributions to the theoretical elucidation of experimental work on the Heaviside layer. |
| Proposers | E A Milne; W L Bragg; O W Richardson; S Chapman; A Fowler; Harold Jeffreys; Alfred A Robb; C G Darwin; A V Hill; R V Southwell |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2888 | Hartree; Douglas Rayner (1897 - 1958); mathematician and theoretical physicist | 1897 - 1958 |