Reference number | EC/1930/01 |
Previous numbers | Cert XIV, 79; A00083 |
Level | Item |
Title | Allen, Herbert Stanley: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
Description | Date stamp on reverse |
Citation | Distinguished for his contributions to knowledge of experimental and theoretical physics, particularly in the fields of photoelectricity, the physical interpretation of quantum laws, static atomic models of hydrogen and helium, and the application of the quantum theory to spectral series. ('The Band Spectrum of Hydrogen.') He investigated the laws of photoelectric fatigue and the laws of resistance to motion in viscous fluids. Author of treatise on 'Photoelectricity.' Papers in Proc Roy Soc, Proc Roy Soc Edin, Phil Mag, Proc Phys Soc. |
Proposers | C G Barkla; O W Richardson; Alfred A Robb; Frank Horton; C T R Wilson; E T Whittaker; James Walker |
Access status | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA1763 | Allen; Herbert Stanley (1873 - 1954) | 1873 - 1954 |