Alec Stokes
Alec Stokes | |
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| Born | Alexander Rawson Stokes 27 June 1919 Royal Holloway College, London King's College London |
| Thesis | Imperfect Crystals (1944) |
| Doctoral advisor | Lawrence Bragg |
| Other academic advisors | John Randall |
Alexander Rawson Stokes (27 June 1919 – 6 February 2003) was a British physicist at
In 1993, on the 40th anniversary of the publication of the molecular structure of DNA, a plaque was erected in the Quad (courtyard) of the Strand campus of King's College London, commemorating the contributions of Franklin, Gosling, Stokes, Wilson, and Wilkins to "DNA X-ray diffraction studies".
Early life and education
Known by the name Alec,
Scientific work
Stokes lectured in physics at
Later life
Stokes retired from King's College London as a senior lecturer in 1982. He was a choral singer, played the piano and was an elder in his local free church, in Welwyn Garden City.[13] He died on 5 February 2003,[1] survived by his wife, Margaret, two sons, Gordon Stokes and Ian Stokes and a daughter, Jean Stokes.[9]
References
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- ^ "A photo that changed the world". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- S2CID 4280080.
- ^ "Double Helix: 50 years of DNA". Nature. Nature Publishing Group. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015.
- S2CID 4253007.
- ^ "Papers of M H F Wilkins: notes by Raymond Gosling and Alec Stokes". Wellcome Library. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ Wright, Pearce (15 February 2003). "Obituary: Alexander Stokes". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Alec Stokes". The Sunday Times. 5 March 2003. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Alexander Stokes". The Telegraph. 28 February 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ Robert, Walgate (13 March 2003). "Modest, neglected DNA pioneer dies". The Scientist. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ Crick, Francis (31 March 1966). "Notes concerning Watson's book, "The Double Helix"". Letter to James D. Watson. p. 6. Retrieved 3 November 2019 – via U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ISBN 0-19-860665-6.
- ^ Wright, Pearce (15 February 2003). "Alexander Stokes". The Guardian.
Further reading
- Chomet, Seweryn (1995). D.N.A. : Genesis of a Discovery. London, England: Newman-Hemisphere. ISBN 978-1-567001-38-9.
- Wilkins, Maurice (2003). The Third Man of the Double Helix : Memoirs of a Life in Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860665-9.
- Ridley, Matt (2006). Francis Crick : Discoverer of the Genetic Code (1st ed.). New York: Atlas Books. ISBN 978-0-06-082333-7.
- Tait, S.A.S.; Tait, J.F. (2004). A Quartet of Unlikely Discoveries : the Double Helix, the Pill, a Pinch of Salt, then Saturation. London: Athena Press. ISBN 978-1-84401-343-2.
External links
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