G. W. C. Kaye

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G. W. C. Kaye
Born(1880-04-08)8 April 1880
Honley, West Riding of Yorkshire
DiedApril 16, 1941(1941-04-16) (aged 61)
NationalityEnglish
EducationUniversity of Cambridge
Known forOne of the authors of Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants and Some Mathematical Functions
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsCavendish Laboratory

George William Clarkson Kaye (8 April 1880 – 16 April 1941) was an English physicist.[1][2][3] He is best known as one of the authors, together with Thomas Laby, of the authoritative scientific reference work Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants and Some Mathematical Functions, first published in 1911 and better known as Kaye and Laby.[4] He was a driving force behind the formation and early years of the ‘International X-ray and Radium Protection Committee’ (IXRPC), the world's first international radiological protection body, created in 1928. [5]

Kaye was born in Honley in West Yorkshire.[2] Kaye attended the University of Cambridge from 1905.[6] His career included working as an assistant to J. J. Thomson at the Cavendish Laboratory,[1] and work for the Metrology Department of the National Physical Laboratory.[4] He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1939.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Griffiths, Ezer (1941). "George William Clarkson Kaye. 1880–1941". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3 (10): 881–895. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0040. ISSN 1479-571X. JSTOR 769185. S2CID 176776517.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Griffiths, Ezer (1 December 1941). "George William Clarkson Kaye, 1880 – 1941". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3 (10): 881–895. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0040. S2CID 176776517.
  3. ^ Griffiths, Ezer (May 1941). "Dr. G. W. C. Kaye, O.B.E., F.R.S". Nature. 147 (3733): 600–601. Bibcode:1941Natur.147..600G. doi:10.1038/147600a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "George Clarkson Kaye". NPLWebsite. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. ^ Clarke, R.H.; J. Valentin (2009). "The History of ICRP and the Evolution of its Policies" (PDF). Annals of the ICRP. ICRP Publication 109. 39 (1): 75–110. doi:10.1016/j.icrp.2009.07.009. S2CID 71278114. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  6. ^ Ambrose, Douglas. "A History of Kaye and Laby". www.kayelaby.npl.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  7. ^ Ambrose, Douglas (2006). "A History of Kaye and Laby". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 60 (1): 49–57. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2005.0126. ISSN 0035-9149. JSTOR 20462550. S2CID 72043719.


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