Harold Barlow, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHarold Barlow
British engineer
Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1899
Date of Death: 20-Apr-1989
Profession: engineer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Harold Barlow
- Harold Everard Monteagle Barlow FRS (15 November 1899 – 20 April 1989) was a British engineer. He was born in Islington, London, the son of Leonard Barlow, an electrical engineer.
- He entered University College, London where, apart from the World War II years (which he spent ar Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough), he spent most of his working life.
- He was taught by Ambrose Fleming, who held the Pender Chair there.
- Barlow went on to succeed Fleming in that chair, and hence also in the post of head of department.
- Among his students, Barlow supervised Charles Kao, the 2009 Nobel Laureate for Physics, for a doctoral degree.
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