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Alexander, Elizabeth, 1908-1958

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Personal name headingAlexander, Elizabeth, 1908-1958
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Variant(s)Caldwell, Elizabeth (Frances Elizabeth Somerville), 1908-1958
Alexander, F. E. S. (Frances Elizabeth Somerville), 1908-1958
Birth date1908-12-13
Death date1958-10-15
Field of activityGeology Radio astronomy Physics
AffiliationNewnham College
Profession or occupationScientists Women scientists
Found inRocks, radio and radar 2019: eCIP subtitle (the extraordinary scientific, social and military life of Elizabeth Alexander) summary (This book tells the story of Elizabeth Alexander, a pioneering scientist who changed thinking in geology and radio astronomy during WWII and its aftermath) chapter 1 (born on the inauspicious date of Friday the 13th of December 1908)
Wikipedia page, viewed 22 January 2019: (Frances Elizabeth Somerville Alexander (née Caldwell; 13 December 1908 - 15 October 1958) was a British geologist, academic, and physicist, whose wartime work with radar and radio led to early developments in radio astronomy and whose post-war work on the geology of Singapore is considered a significant foundation to contemporary research. Alexander earned her PhD from Newnham College. Cambridge)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Alexander_(scientist)>
Local times of observations of different types of ranges in the Wellington area during October 1944, 1944: caption title (F.E.S. Alexander)