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Encyclopedia > Gilbert Stead

Gilbert Stead (* 1888; †5 July 1979), was a professor of physics and pioneer in the development of radiology as a recognized medical specialty.[1] 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density. ... Image A: A normal chest X-ray. ... This article is about the field of medical practice and health care. ...


Stead worked at the Cavendish Laboratory and graduated from Cambridge in 1913. During WWI he was at HM Signals School in Portsmouth. After the war, he returned to Cavendish Laboratory and taught. Beginning in 1923 he also taught classes at Guy's Hospital[2] where he brought his knowledge of radiology to the practice of medicine. He relinquished his Cambridge professorship in 1938[3] when he became a governor at Guy's Hospital. He retired from Guy's Hospital in 1953.[4] Plaque The Cavendish Laboratory is Cambridge Universitys Department of Physics, and is part of the universitys School of Physical Sciences. ... The University of Cambridge (often called Cambridge University, or just Cambridge), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russian Empire United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Nicholas II Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Oskar Potiorek Ä°smail Enver Ferdinand I Casualties Military dead: 5,520... Portsmouth is a city of about 189,000 people located in the county of Hampshire on the southern coast of Great Britain. ... Plaque The Cavendish Laboratory is Cambridge Universitys Department of Physics, and is part of the universitys School of Physical Sciences. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Guys Hospital for Incurables. An illustration from John Stows Survey of London (1755). ... Image A: A normal chest X-ray. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Stead wrote the text Elementary Physics, which, when it was published in 1924, was "hailed as a superb source of help to struggling radiology and medical students."[5] This text was continuously in print, published in updated editions, for over 50 years. In 1939, he wrote the book Notes in Practical Physics which was widely used in British schools. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Degrees, awards, honors

M.A., D.Sc. (Doctor of Science), Fellow of the Institute of Physics, Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce, and Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, President of the British Institute of Radiology from 1947-1948[6], Chair of Physics at Guy's Hospital 1938-1953. The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. ... The Cambridge Philosophical Society (CPS) is a scientific society at University of Cambridge. ...


Selected Publications

  • Stead, Gilbert (1924) Elementary Physics, and subsequent editions through 1975;
  • Stead, Gilbert (1939) Notes in Practical Physics;
  • Stead, Gilbert (1956) “Sixty Years of Radiology; Physics” British Journal of Radiology, 29 (342), 234-8;

References

  1. ^ “Obituary: Prof. Gilbert Stead” The Times Friday, Nov 16, 1979; pg. 8;
  2. ^ “University News: College Awards at Cambridge” The Times Thursday, Jun 21, 1923; pg. 9;
  3. ^ Cambridge tenure
  4. ^ The Times Monday, July 27, 1953; pg. 8;
  5. ^ Haggith, J.W. (1983) History of the Hospital Physicists Association 1943-1983, Hospital Physicists' Association, p. 130.
  6. ^ List of Presidents of the British Institute of Radiology

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