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Charles Glover Barkla was an English physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his discovery of the characteristic X-rays produced by different chemical elements. His work helped establish X-rays as a powerful tool for understanding the structure of atoms and identifying materials, laying important groundwork for modern physics and chemistry.
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- 1877-06-07
- Died
- 1944-10-23
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Charles Glover Barkla (7 June 1877 – 23 October 1944) was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his discovery of characteristic X-rays.
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1877 births1944 deaths20th-century British physicistsAcademics of King's College LondonAcademics of the University of EdinburghAlumni of King's College, CambridgeAlumni of Trinity College, CambridgeBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish MethodistsEnglish Nobel laureatesEnglish physicistsNobel laureates in Physics