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date: 16 April 2021

Barkla, Charles Gloverlocked

(1877–1944)
  • Isobel Falconer

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Barkla, Charles Glover (1877–1944), physicist, was born at Albert Road, Widnes, Lancashire, on 7 June 1877, second son of John Martin Barkla, a Cornishman and secretary of the Atlas Chemical Company. His mother, Sarah Glover, came from Prescot. Barkla attended the Liverpool Mechanics' Institution...

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National Portrait Gallery, London
University of Edinburgh
(1876–)
Cambridge University Library
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society
, 63 vols. (1885–1900), suppl., 3 vols. (1901); repr. in 22 vols. (1908–9); 10 further suppls. (1912–96); (1993)
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas
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Royal Society, London