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Henry Hall
Born1928
Died (aged 87)
Bolton, Lancashire, England
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
AwardsGuthrie Medal and Prize
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
Thesis The rotation of liquid helium II  (1957)

Henry Edgar Hall FRS (1928 – 4 December 2015) was an emeritus professor of low temperature physics at the University of Manchester. He was the 2004 recipient of the Guthrie Medal and Prize.

Leben

Hall was awarded a Ph.D. in 1957 from Emmanuel College, Cambridge with thesis title The rotation of liquid helium II. He worked at the University of Manchester from 1958 to 1995, when he retired.[1] He died on 4 December 2015.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "History of the Condensed Matter Physics Group". University of Manchester. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Prof. Henry Edgar Hall F.R.S". The Bolton News.
  3. ^ Golov, A. I.; Vinen W. F. (2018). "Henry Edgar Hall. 28 September 1928—4 December 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2018.0020.