Karl George Emeléus
Karl George Emeléus (4 August 1901 in London–18 June 1989 in Belfast) was an English experimental physicist who spent half a century on the staff at Queen's University Belfast. His early research in detection of nuclear radiation led on to a lifetime of research into the conduction of electricity through gases.
Karl George Emeléus | |
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| Born | August 4, 1901 London, England |
| Died | June 18, 1989 (aged 87) |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Spouse | Florence Mary Chambers |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Conduction of electricity through gases |
| Institutions | King's College London St John's College, Cambridge Queen's University Belfast |
| Thesis | Methods for detecting single ionizing particles (1926) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Appleton |
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