Marion Ross (physicist)
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Marion Amelia Spence Ross FRSE (9 April 1903 – 3 January 1994) was a Scottish physicist noted for her work in x-ray crystallography and fluid dynamics.[1]
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Marion Amelia Spence Ross | |
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Born | (1903-04-09)9 April 1903 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Died | 3 January 1994(1994-01-03) (aged 90) |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Known for | Beevers–Ross and anti-Beevers–Ross sites first female secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh street at King's Buildings, University of Edinburgh named for her annual Marion A S Ross Prize, University of Edinburgh |
Scientific career | |
Fields | fluid dynamics, x-ray crystallography |
Institutions | University of Edinburgh University of Manchester |
Thesis | Scattering and filtering of heterogeneous x-rays by matter of small atomic weight |
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