Hughes, Arthur Llewelyn, 1883-1978
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Arthur Llewelyn Hughes (born 1883-died 1978), British/Welsh physicist. He worked on the Manhattan Project in St. Louis on the cyclotron and plutonium production and at Los Alamos, NM. He served as an assistant director at Los Alamos.
He studied physics at Liverpool University under Charles Barkla, and later worked at Cavendish Laboratory under J. J. Thomson. He researched cloud chambers, as well as the photoeletric effect. In 1923 he became a professor and chair of the physics department at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
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referencedIn | Archive for the History of Quantum Physics, 1898-1950 (bulk), 1898-1950 | American Philosophical Society | |
referencedIn | Barschall, H. H. (Henry Herman),. Papers, 1942-1974. | American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library | |
creatorOf | Hughes, Arthur Llewelyn, b. 1883. Administrative records, ca. 1923-ca. 1953. | American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library | |
referencedIn | Loeb, Leonard B. (Leonard Benedict), 1891-. Oral history interview with Leonard B. Loeb, 1962 August 7. | American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library |
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associatedWith | Abraham, Max, 1875-1922 |
associatedWith | Amaldi, Edoardo |
associatedWith | American Philosophical Society |
associatedWith | American physical society |
associatedWith | American Physical Society and American Philosophical Society. |
associatedWith | Andrade, E. N. da C. (Edward Neville da Costa), 1887-1971 |
associatedWith | Back, E. (Ernst), 1881- |
associatedWith | Barschall, H. H. (Henry Herman), 1915-1997 |
associatedWith | Bauer, Edmond |
associatedWith | Becquerel, Jean, 1878-1953 |
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