Key facts
- Born
- ( 1905-11-10 ) 10 November 1905, Richmond upon Thames , England
- Died
- 9 July 1965 (1965-07-09) (aged 59), Northwood, London
- Education
- The Latymer School Christ's Hospital Trinity College, Cambridge
- Known for
- Bragg–Gray cavity theory , Gray (unit)
- Spouse
- Frieda Marjorie Picot
- Parents
- Harry Gray (father) Amy Bowen (mother)
- Awards
- Roentgen Award Sylvanus Thompson Medal Barclay Medal Katherine Berkan Judd Award Bertner Foundation Award Fellow of the Royal Society
- Institutions
- Cavendish Laboratory Fellow of Trinity College Medical Research Council's Radiotherapeutic Research Unit at Hammersmith Hospital
- Thesis
- (1930)
- Doctoral advisor
- James Chadwick
- Author abbrev botany
- The standard author abbreviation L.H.Gray is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name .
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Louis
- Family name
- Gray
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
- Place of death
- Northwood
- Occupation
- radiologist
- Educated at
- Christ's Hospital
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- nuclear physics
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- Royal Society
- date of birth
- 1905-11-10
- date of death
- 1965-07-09
- name in native language
- Louis Harold Gray
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- Louis Harold Gray
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Encyclopedic overview
Louis Harold Gray FRS (10 November 1905 – 9 July 1965) was an English physicist who worked mainly on the effects of radiation on biological systems. He was one of the earliest contributors of the field of radiobiology. Amongst many other achievements, he defined a unit of radiation dosage (absorbed dose) which was later named after him as an SI unit, the gray.
Early life
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