Charles Barkla was one of the first scientists to help reveal the true nature of X-rays and, through later applications of his findings, the nature of the atom. He was born and educated in Liverpool, England, and received his bachelor's in physics from...

1877-1944 English physicist noted for his research and important discoveries concerning x-rays. He was awarded the 1917 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering that x-ray scattering depends on the molecular weight of gases through which it passes...

Charles Glover Barkla (June 27, 1877 – October 23, 1944) was a British physicist. He was born in Widnes and studied at the Liverpool Institute and Liverpool University. In 1913, after having worked at the universities of Cambridge, Liverpool and...