E. C. Stoner (physicist)
Edmund Clifton Stoner FRS (2 October 1899 – 27 December 1968) was a British theoretical physicist. He is principally known for his work on the origin and nature of itinerant ferromagnetism (the type of ferromagnetic behaviour associated with pure transition metals like cobalt, nickel, and iron), including the collective electron theory of ferromagnetism and the Stoner criterion for ferromagnetism. Stoner made significant contributions to the electron configurations in the periodic table.
Edmund Stoner | |
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| Born | Edmund Clifton Stoner 2 November 1899 Surrey, England |
| Died | 27 December 1968 (aged 69) Leeds, England |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Stoner criterion Stoner–Wohlfarth model Independent discovery of Chandrasekhar limit |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society Faraday Medal (1955) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Magnetism Astrophysics |
| Institutions | University of Leeds |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernest Rutherford |
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