Frank Horton (physicist)
Frank Horton | |
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| Born | 20 August 1878 |
| Died | 31 October 1959 (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | Mason College University of Birmingham |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
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Frank Horton
Early life and education
He was the eldest son of A Horton of
Career
He was then a lecturer at the
In addition to his role as Vice-Chancellor, he was Dean of the Faculty of Science of the University of London from 1930 to 1934 and Chairman of the Academic Council of the university from 1935 to 1939.[3] Horton was not a member of the RHC committee regarding post-war policy of the college, in particular becoming coeducational, due to his position as the university's Vice-Chancellor. However, he acted as advisor and joined a later sub-committee to discuss revisions to the college constitution which would need to be part of a Private Bill in parliament.[4] RHC later admitted male postgraduates in 1945 and male undergraduates in 1965.
Personal life
He married first in 1911, J M Vèra the only daughter of J E Fulton, a mechanical engineer of Wellington, New Zealand and they had one daughter. He married second in 1939, Ann Catherine Davies a Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, the only daughter of Robert Davies of Cricklewood and Llangybi, Ceredigion, Cardiganshire (now known as Ceredigion) in mid-Wales.[3]
See also
- List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of London
Publications
- A History of the Cavendish Laboratory 1871–1910 D R Campbell & F Horton 1911 (Marking 25 years of Sir J. J. Thomson's years of tenure of the Cavendish Professorship of Experimental Physics.)