George Carse

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Dr George Alexander Carse FRSE RSSA (20 June 1880 – 20 August 1950) was a leading Scottish physicist and educationalist. In 1925 he was the first Mitchell Lecturer.

Life[]

He was born in Edinburgh on 20 June 1880, the first child of George Carse, a decorator from Duns, and his wife Jane. They lived at 120 Lauriston Place, south-west of the city centre. In 1891 he went to George Heriot’s School and was the school dux for 1898. He then won a place at the University of Edinburgh studying mathematics under Professor George Chrystal and physics under the elderly Professor Peter Tait.^[1] He graduated in 1903 and received a doctorate in 1908, having attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1904 to 1907 (working at the Cavendish Laboratory).^[2]

In November 1904 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his main proposer being Professor George Chrystal.^[3]

During the First World War he served in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.^{[according to whom?]}

He spent the majority of his working life lecturing in physics at the University of Edinburgh retiring in 1948. He was an office bearer in several non-academic roles in the University, mainly concerning university finances.

He served as Vice President to the Royal Scottish Society of Arts both 1935/36 and 1946/47.

He died in Edinburgh on 20 August 1950. His RSE obituary was written by Dr Arthur Melville Clark.^[4]

Other positions held[]

• Convenor of Foundationers Committee, University of Edinburgh
• Governor, Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture
• Governor, Heriot-Watt College

Publications[]

• Notes on Practical Physics for Junior Students (1926)

References[]

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