Henry Augustus Rowland
American physicist
Henry Augustus Rowland ForMemRS HonFRSE was an American physicist and Johns Hopkins educator. Between 1899 and 1901 he served as the first president of the American Physical Society. He is remembered for the high quality of the diffraction... Wikipedia
Born: November 27, 1848, Honesdale, PA
Died: April 16, 1901 (age 52 years), Baltimore, MD
Parents: Henry Augustus Rowland
Awards: Rumford Prize (1883), Henry Draper Medal (1890), and Matteucci Medal (1895)
Known for: Diffraction grating; Rowland circle; Rowland ring
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