Jump to content

George Carse

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Citation bot (talk | contribs) at 16:22, 29 September 2020 (Alter: url. URLs might have been internationalized/anonymized. Add: year. | You can use this bot yourself. Report bugs here. | Suggested by AManWithNoPlan | All pages linked from cached copy of User:AManWithNoPlan/sandbox2 | via #UCB_webform_linked). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Dr George Alexander Carse FRSE RSSA (20 June 1880 – 20 August 1950) was a leading Scottish physicist and educationalist. In 1925 he was the first Mitchell Lecturer.

Life

He was born in Edinburgh on 20 June 1880, the first child of George Carse, a decorator from Duns, and his wife Jane. They lived at 120 Lauriston Place, south-west of the city centre. In 1891 he went to George Heriot’s School and was the school dux for 1898. He then won a place at the University of Edinburgh studying mathematics under Professor George Chrystal and physics under the elderly Professor Peter Tait.[1] He graduated in 1903 and received a doctorate in 1908, having attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1904 to 1907 (working at the Cavendish Laboratory).[2]

In November 1904 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his main proposer being Professor George Chrystal.[3]

During the First World War he served in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.[according to whom?]

He spent the majority of his working life lecturing in physics at the University of Edinburgh retiring in 1948. He was an office bearer in several non-academic roles in the University, mainly concerning university finances.

He served as Vice President to the Royal Scottish Society of Arts both 1935/36 and 1946/47.

He died in Edinburgh on 20 August 1950. His RSE obituary was written by Dr Arthur Melville Clark.[4]

Other positions held

  • Convenor of Foundationers Committee, University of Edinburgh
  • Governor, Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture
  • Governor, Heriot-Watt College

Publications

  • Notes on Practical Physics for Junior Students (1926)

References

  1. ^ "Carse biography". www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. ^ A history of the Cavendish laboratory. Рипол Классик. 1910. ISBN 9785878726801.
  3. ^ https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
  4. ^ "Carse (print-only)". www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2018.



Flag of ScotlandScientist icon

This biographical article about a Scottish scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Carse&oldid=980983542"