William Barlow (geologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Barlow (geologist)

British geologist

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1845

Place of Birth: London Borough of Islington, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 28-Feb-1934

Profession: geologist, mineralogist, crystallographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About William Barlow (geologist)

  • William Barlow FRS (8 August 1845 – 28 February 1934) was an English amateur geologist specialising in crystallography.He was born in Islington, in London, England.
  • His father became wealthy as a speculative builder as well as a building surveyor, allowing William to have a private education.
  • After his father died in 1875, William and his brother inherited this fortune, allowing him to pursue his interest in crystallography without a need to labour for a living. William examined the forms of crystalline structures, and deduced that there were only 230 forms of symmetrical crystal arrangements, known as space groups.
  • His results were published in 1894, after they had been independently announced by Evgraf Fedorov and Arthur Schönflies, although his approach did display some novelty.
  • His structural models of simple compounds such as NaCl and CsCl were later confirmed using X-ray crystallography. He served as the president of the English Mineralogical Society from 1915 until 1918.He died in Great Stanmore, Middlesex, England.

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