Kathleen Lonsdale
Also known as Kathleen Yardley, Dame Kathleen Lonsdale
Irish crystallographer (1903-1971)
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- Born
- 1903
- Died
- 1971
- Works
- 28
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- Peaceful co-existence
- I believe ..
- Facts about atomic energy
- Security and responsibility
- Is peace possible?
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5 total works indexed
- Building Theories from Case Study Research
· 1989 · cited 83,894x
- Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review
· 1989 · cited 34,447x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,412x
- Lifetime Prevalence and Age-of-Onset Distributions of DSM-IV Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
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Dame Kathleen Lonsdale DBE FRS (née Yardley; 28 January 1903 – 1 April 1971) was an Irish crystallographer, pacifist, and prison reform activist. She proved, in 1929, that the benzene ring is flat by using X-ray diffraction methods to elucidate the structure of hexamethylbenzene. She was the first to use Fourier spectral methods while solving the structure of hexachlorobenzene in 1931. During her career she attained several firsts for female scientists, including being one of the first two women elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1945 (along with Marjory Stephenson), first female professor at University College London, first woman president of the International Union of Crystallography, and first woman president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
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1903 births1971 deaths20th-century British chemists20th-century British physicists20th-century British women physicists20th-century British women scientists20th-century QuakersAcademics of the University of LeedsAcademics of University College LondonAlumni of Bedford College, LondonAlumni of Royal Holloway, University of LondonAlumni of University College London