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| Born | Harold Everard Monteagle Barlow (1899-11-15)15 November 1899 |
| Died | 20 April 1989(1989-04-20) (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Relatives | Leonard Monteagle Barlow (brother) |
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| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | University College London |
| Academic advisors | Ambrose Fleming |
| Doctoral students | Charles Kao (1965) |
Harold Everard Monteagle Barlow (15 November 1899 – 20 April 1989) was a Britishelectrical engineer.
Harold Everard Monteagle Barlow was born on 15 November 1899 inIslington,London, the son of Leonard Barlow—an electrical engineer.
Barlow enteredUniversity College London (UCL), where—apart from the World War II years (which he spent atRoyal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough)—he spent most of his career. At UCL, he was taught byAmbrose Fleming, who wasPender Professor. Barlow became Pender Professor in 1950.
Barlow was the doctoral advisor ofCharles Kao, who went on to win theNobel Prize in Physics in 2009.
In March 1961, Barlow was elected a Fellow of theRoyal Society.[1] His application citation stated that he "has made important contributions to the devising of improved measuring techniques at centimetre wavelengths. In particular has developed methods of measuring centimetre-wave power by radiation pressure and by use of the Hall Effect in semi-conductors; has made detailed studies of the conductor loss in wave guides and has added substantially to knowledge on the characteristics of surface waves. His further application of the Hall Effect to power measurement at low frequencies is likely to prove of considerable electrical engineering value. He has published two books on centimetre-wave measurements and some 35 scientific and technical papers."[2]
In 1971, Barlow received anhonorary doctorate fromHeriot-Watt University.[3]
In 1988, Barlow was awarded theRoyal Medal of the Royal Society "in recognition of his distinguished research, particularly onmicrowaves andwaveguides, and of his lasting influence as the founder of an unusually productive research school."
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