Perely Ason Ross
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Perley Ason Ross (6 April 1883 - 13 March 1939) was a U.S. experimental physicist who worked, carefully and without seeking publicity, at some essential problems in the behaviour of X-rays.[1]
Born Panacea, Missouri he was awarded his PhD from Stanford University in 1911, becoming a full professor there in 1927, after a year at Cornell University.[1]
Some of his principal studies included:
- Scattering of X-rays by matter;[1]
- Development of the Ross differential filter for X-ray spectroscopy;[1]
- X-ray polarization;[1] and
- Compton scattering.[2]
His daughter, Betsy, married fellow Stanford physicist William Webster Hansen.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Webster, D. L.. Memorial Resolution Perley Ason Ross (1883 – 1938). Stanford University. Retrieved on 2007-08-12.
- ^ Ross, P. A. (1923). "Change in wave-length by scatteringPDF". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 9: 246–248. ()
- ^ Süsskind, C. (1981) "Hansen, William Webster" in Gillespie, C.C. (ed.) (1981). Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Screibner's Sons, 495-496. ISBN 0-684-16970-3.
