Simons, Lewis, 1888-1972, lecturer in physics

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Simons, Lewis, 1888-1972, lecturer in physics

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1888-1972

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Born 14 March 1888, Bethnal Green, London; studied Physics with Mathematics, King's College London, 1907-1910; BSc (First class honours) 1910; awarded Jelf medal, 1910; elected an Associate of King's College, 1910; Student Demonstrator, King's College London, 1910-1911; Demonstrator, Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1911-1914; Senior Lecturer, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1914-1917; Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1917-1922; DSc, University of London, 1921, for 'contributions to the study of energy transformations when x-radiations are absorbed by or emitted from a substance'; Reader in Physics, Birkbeck College, London, 1922-1948; Fellow of the Institute of Physics, 1920; died 10 January 1972.

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