About Thomas Allibone
Lived 1903 – 2003 (aged 99). Thomas Allibone was a British and English physicist.
Thomas Edward Allibone, CBE, FRS (11 November 1903 – 9 September 2003) was an English physicist. His work included important research into particle physics, X-rays, high voltage equipment, and electron microscopes.
Early life Thomas Edward Allibone was born at Nether Hallam, Sheffield in 1903, son of Henry James Allibone, a schoolteacher, and Eliza (née Kidger), a farmer's daughter. He was educated at the Central School in Sheffield, followed by a Pass (Ordinary) degree in physics at Sheffield University at the age of twenty. In 1925, Allibone was awarded a scholarship by the Metropolitan-Vickers company to study the properties of zirconium, and received a PhD from Sheffield University the following year.
Honours
In 1959 he presented both the Bernard Price Memorial Lecture in South Africa and the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.
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Who was Thomas Allibone?
physicist (1903-2003)
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Thomas Allibone was born on 11 November 1903 in Sheffield.
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Thomas Allibone died on 9 September 2003 in Holyport.
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Thomas Allibone was a physicist.
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