G. W. C. Kaye Explained

G. W. C. Kaye
Honorific Suffix:O.B.E., F.R.S.
Birth Date:1880 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Honley, West Riding of Yorkshire
Nationality:English
Fields:Physics
Workplaces:Cavendish Laboratory
Education:University of Cambridge
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Known For:One of the authors of Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants and Some Mathematical Functions
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George William Clarkson Kaye (8 April 1880 – 16 April 1941) was an English physicist.[1] [2] [3] He is best known as one of the authors, together with Thomas Laby, of the authoritative scientific reference work Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants and Some Mathematical Functions, first published in 1911 and better known as Kaye and Laby.[4] He was a driving force behind the formation and early years of the ‘International X-ray and Radium Protection Committee’ (IXRPC), the world's first international radiological protection body, created in 1928. [5]

Background and training

Kaye was born in Honley in West Yorkshire, and[2] attended Huddersfield Technical School.[6] He was made 2nd lieutenant in the Electrical Engineers (volunteer corps) on 5 December 1903,[7] and lieutenant-colonel in 1908.[8]

Kaye studied at University College, Liverpool and the Royal College of Science, gaining a Bachelor of Science first class degree in experimental physics in 1903.[6] He attended Trinity College, Cambridge from 1905.[9] He gained his Bachelor of Arts (advanced studies) on 18 June 1908.[10]

Career

Kaye's career included working as an assistant to J. J. Thomson at the Cavendish Laboratory, and work for the Metrology Department of the National Physical Laboratory.

Institutions

Kaye was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1939.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Griffiths. Ezer. 1941. George William Clarkson Kaye. 1880–1941. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3. 10. 881–895. 10.1098/rsbm.1941.0040. 769185. 176776517. 1479-571X.
  2. Griffiths. Ezer. 1 December 1941. George William Clarkson Kaye, 1880 – 1941. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3. 10. 881–895. 10.1098/rsbm.1941.0040. 176776517.
  3. Griffiths. Ezer. May 1941. Dr. G. W. C. Kaye, O.B.E., F.R.S. Nature. en. 147. 3733. 600–601. 10.1038/147600a0. 1941Natur.147..600G. 1476-4687. free.
  4. Web site: George Clarkson Kaye. 20 August 2020. NPLWebsite. en.
  5. Clarke. R.H.. J. Valentin. The History of ICRP and the Evolution of its Policies. Annals of the ICRP. 2009. 39. ICRP Publication 109. 1. 75–110. 10.1016/j.icrp.2009.07.009. 71278114. 12 May 2012.
  6. News: Yorkshire students . 7 May 2022 . Leeds Mercury . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 11 July 1903 . 13 col.3.
  7. News: The Electrical Engineers . 7 May 2022 . Volunteer Service Gazette and Military Dispatch . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 11 December 1903 . 14/90 col.1.
  8. News: Royal Engineers . 7 May 2022 . Volunteer Service Gazette and Military Dispatch . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 30 December 1908 . 14/138 col.3.
  9. Web site: A History of Kaye and Laby. https://web.archive.org/web/20181015174230/http://www.kayelaby.npl.co.uk/about/history.html. 15 October 2018. 20 August 2020. www.kayelaby.npl.co.uk. Douglas. Ambrose. dead.
  10. News: University Herald, Cambridge calendar . 7 May 2022 . Cambridge Independent Press . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 19 June 1908 . 8 col.1.
  11. Ambrose. Douglas. 2006. A History of Kaye and Laby. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 60. 1. 49–57. 10.1098/rsnr.2005.0126. 20462550. 72043719. 0035-9149.

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