Richard Glazebrook was educated at Dulwich College until 1870, Liverpool College from 1870 to 1872, and Trinity College, Cambridge, from which he graduated in Mathematics in 1876 and of which he was elected a fellow in 1877.
13 Facts About Richard Glazebrook
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Richard Glazebrook studied physics under James Clerk Maxwell and Lord Rayleigh at the new Cavendish Laboratory and, in 1880, was appointed a demonstrator at the laboratory.
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Richard Glazebrook hoped to succeed Rayleigh as Cavendish Professor of Physics in 1884, but was surprisingly passed over in favour of Sir JJ Thomson, which was a great disappointment to him.
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Richard Glazebrook was appointed Assistant Director of the Cavendish in 1891 and Bursar of Trinity College in 1895.
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Richard Glazebrook held his post at the NPL until his retirement in 1919, successfully establishing the NPL as a world leader in physics research.
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Richard Glazebrook remained on the General Board of the NPL and chaired the Executive Committee from 1925 to 1932.
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Richard Glazebrook was elected an International Member of the American Philosophical Society in 1895.
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Richard Glazebrook was awarded the Hughes Medal in 1909 and the Royal Medal in 1931.
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Richard Glazebrook was awarded the Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts in 1918, and the Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1933.
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Richard Glazebrook was President of the Physical Society, later the Institute of Physics, from 1903 to 1905, and president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1906.
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Richard Glazebrook was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1910, was knighted in 1917, and appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1920 New Year War Honours and Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1934.
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Richard Glazebrook married Frances Gertrude Atkinson of Leeds in 1883; they had a son and three daughters.
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Richard Glazebrook died at Limpsfield, Surrey, on 15 December 1935, aged 81.