Thomas Royds, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Royds

British physicist

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1884

Date of Death: 01-May-1955

Profession: astronomer, physicist, chemist, astrophysicist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Thomas Royds (April 11, 1884 – May 1, 1955) was a Solar physicist who worked with Ernest Rutherford on the identification of alpha radiation as the nucleus of the helium atom, and who was Director of the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory.