Madeleine Barnothy Forro
Madeleine Barnothy Forro | |
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Barnóthy Forró Magdolna | |
| Born | August 21, 1904 Royal Hungarian University (PhD) |
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Jeno M. Barnothy (m. 1938) |
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Madeleine Barnothy Forro (
gravitational lensing, and the biophysics of magnetic fields
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Life and career
Madeleine Forro was born in the village of
dielectric constants.[3] Forro was the first woman to earn a doctorate in physics at the university.[4][1] She then lectured at the university and undertook research on cosmic rays. She was appointed an associate professor in 1936. In 1938 she married her colleague, Jeno M. Barnothy.[2][3] Her research in the late 1930s observing cosmic rays, helped to reveal the nature of electrons, pions and muons.[3]
The Barnothys struggled to reestablish cosmic ray research after the
Second World War and in 1948 they emigrated to the United States, with Forro taking a professorship at Barat College, Illinois.[3][2] In 1953 she began working as a research associate at Northwestern University.[2] She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1954.[2] In 1955 she began working for the University of Illinois, becoming a professor of physics in 1964.[2]
In the 1960s Forro researched the biological effects of strong
Seyfert galaxies due to gravitational lensing, which has since been shown to be the case for a small fraction of quasars.[3]
Madeleine Forro was active in many professional organizations ranging from the
German Astronomical Society and International Astronomical Union.[5]
Forro died in February 1995 in Evanston, Illinois at the age of 90.[5][6][7]
Publications
- Barnothy, Madeleine F. (1964). Biological Effects of Magnetic Fields. Vol. 1. New York: Plenum Press.
- —————————— (1969). Biological Effects of Magnetic Fields. Vol. 2. New York: Plenum Press.
References
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-92038-4 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4419-9916-0. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "Women "Firsts" in Hungary". Journal of the American Association of University Women. 49 (1). American Association of University Women: 68. October 1955 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Bibcode:1995BAAS...27.1475F.
- Newspapers.com.
- S2CID 120630150.
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