LC control no. | no2019010328 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Alexander, Elizabeth, 1908-1958 |
Variant(s) | Caldwell, Elizabeth (Frances Elizabeth Somerville), 1908-1958 Alexander, F. E. S. (Frances Elizabeth Somerville), 1908-1958 |
Birth date | 1908-12-13 |
Death date | 1958-10-15 |
Field of activity | Geology Radio astronomy Physics |
Affiliation | Newnham College |
Profession or occupation | Scientists Women scientists |
Found in | Rocks, 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) |