Edward Andrade, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edward Andrade

English physicist

Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1887

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 06-Jun-1971

Profession: poet, physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Edward Andrade

  • Edward Neville da Costa Andrade FRS (27 December 1887 – 6 June 1971) was an English physicist, writer, and poet.
  • He told The Literary Digest his name was pronounced "as written, i.e., like air raid, with and substituted for air." In the scientific world Andrade is best known for work (with Ernest Rutherford) that first determined the wavelength of a type of gamma radiation, proving it was far higher in energies than X-rays known at the time.
  • In popular culture he was best known for his appearances on The Brains Trust.

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