Sir Richard Tetley Glazebrook FRS

Richard Glazebrook

Born: 18 September 1854 Liverpool

Died: 15 December 1935

President of the Physical Society 1903 - 1905

First President of the Institute of Physics 1920 - 1921

First Director of the National Physical Laboratory

Editor of the Dictionary of Applied Physics

The IOP instituted the 'Glazebrook Medal and Prize' in 1965 and in 2008 decided it should become one one of its Premier awards and a Gold medal

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