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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1910s (40) 1917 (4) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1870s (42) 1877 (5) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) United Kingdom (101) Widnes (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1940s (35) 1944 (3) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) United Kingdom (86) Edinburgh (2) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) C (45) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) B (80) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) C (27) Charles (12) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Christianity (158) Protestant (78) Methodist (11) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 40 - 49 (140) 41 (9) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) United Kingdom (110) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University Europe (232) Europe, western (125) United Kingdom (64) Edinburgh (3) University of Edinburgh (3) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) United Kingdom (235) Cambridge (118) University of Cambridge (118) Short-term academic staff (54) Edinburgh (19) University of Edinburgh (19) Long-term academic staff (5) Liverpool (10) University of Liverpool (10) Alumni (4) Short-term academic staff (3) London (82) King's College (12) Long-term academic staff (5) Short-term academic staff (5) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships R-T (460) R (448) Royal Society (294) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) B (132) Bakerian Lecture (30) E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Royal Society (101) G-H (389) H (196) Hughes Medal (29) complete name: Charles Glover Barkla nobel prize: physics award year: 1917 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1917 was awarded to Charles Glover Barkla "for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Charles family name: Barkla occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher field of work: atomic physics field of work: nuclear physics work location: King's College London, London, Southwark, United Kingdom description: Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist, and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his work in X-ray spectroscopy and related areas in the study of X-rays (Roentgen rays). image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1917. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1917/summary/> date birth: 1877 date death: 1944 usual name: Charles Barkla
