Henry G. Booker
Henry George Booker (December 14, 1910 – November 1, 1988) was an Anglo-American physicist and electrical engineer.
Henry George Booker | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 14, 1910 Essex, England |
| Died | November 1, 1988 (aged 77) La Jolla, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Known for | worldwide authority on radio wave propagation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | engineering, radiophysics |
| Institutions | Cambridge University Cornell University University of California, San Diego |
| Doctoral advisor | J. A. Ratcliffe |
| Doctoral students | William E. Gordon |
Booker was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[1] He was head of panel on stratospheric pollution.[2] He was a head of the Maths Group at Worth focused on radio propagation.[3] He was director of the Cornell University’s School of Electrical Engineering, and the founder of Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, San Diego.[4] The New York Times called Booker "worldwide authority on radio wave propagation",[5] as well as "one of the world's foremost authorities on the propagation of electric waves"[6]
Career and life
Henry George Booker was born in 1910 in Barking, then in Essex but now in London, England.[1] He graduated from Cambridge University with a B.A. degree in applied and pure maths in 1933.[4] He received Ph.D. from Cambridge in 1936 in ionospheric physics.[4] Booker researched radio wave propagation as a Fellow of Christ's College, and continued this research as a Visiting Scientist at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.
During World War II, Booker headed theoretical research at the Telecommunications Research Establishment in England.[1] He conducted further research into radio wave propagation for the Royal Air Force, which led to significant developments in the understanding of antennas.[4] After the war, Booker returned to Christ's College to teach until 1948. Post-1948, Booker taught exclusively in the United States. He received U.S. citizenship in 1952.[4]
He died of complications from a brain tumor in La Jolla, California on November 1, 1988.
Awards and Distinctions
- 1934 Allen Scholarship, Cambridge University[1]
- 1935 Smith's Prize, Cambridge University[1]
- 1947 Duddell Premium, Institution of Electrical Engineers[1]
- 1948 Kelvin Premium, Institution of Electrical Engineers[1]
- 1953 Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers[1]
- 1954 Guggenheim Fellowship[1]
- 1960 Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1960[1]
- 1970 50th Anniversary Medal, American Meteorological Society[1]
- 1981 Honorary professor, Wuhan University, Hubei, China[1]
- 1984 Centennial Medal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers[1]
References
- National Academies Press, Henry G. Booker
- Stratojet Study Finds Risk of Cancer, by HAROLD M. SCHMECK Jr.,April 01, 1975
- Purbeck Radar, Biography ~ Prof Henry G Booker
- Online Archive of California, Henry G. Booker Papers
- New York Times:New Radio Signal Method Opens Door to Global Video; HOW NEW METHOD OF RADIO PROPAGATION WORKS RADIO SIGNAL SENT BY A NEW METHOD,by JACK GOULD, April 30, 1952
- New York Times:British Scientist Named A Professor at Cornell, November 29, 1948,
External links
- Henry G. Booker Papers MSS 93. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
- National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir