Charles Glover Barkla

Charles Glover Barkla

Nobel Prize in Physics 1917

Edinburgh University

“for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements”

Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist who studied X-ray radiation. He was awarded the 1917 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements.

Field
Physics · Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Lifespan
1877–1944