Charles Bernard Childs FRSE (23 June 1895 – 4 July 1956) was a British physicist and mathematician. He was founder and chairman of the Scottish Community Drama Association. He was also Chairman of the British Universities Film Council.[1]
Life
He was born in Wandsworth in London on 23 June 1895, the son of Emily G. and Charles Alfred Childs, a commercial clerk, both originally from Kingston, Surrey. In 1911, records show Childs studied at The College, Hadham Road, Bishop's Stortford.
He graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1920 with a BSc and remained at the University for a while after in order to start research for a doctorate in natural philosophy. This was awarded in 1922 for his thesis entitled, "The thermomagnetic properties of carbon steels at temperatures round the Curie point". Afterwards, he obtained a post lecturing at the University of Edinburgh in 1922, where he was appointed assistant lecturer in Natural Philosophy.[2] In 1924, he was promoted to lecturer. Shortly after arriving at Edinburgh, he joined the Edinburgh Mathematical Society in March 1923. In 1951, he was appointed as a senior lecturer, and remained in the role until his death five years later.[3]
In the Second World War he worked under J.A. Ratcliffe on ionospheric research at the University of Cambridge.[2]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 5 March 1956, his main proposers being Norman Feather, Robert Schlapp, James Paton and Thomas R Bolam.[4] He grew ill shortly afterwards and was moved to an Edinburgh nursing home.
He died in Edinburgh on 4 July 1956.
References
- ↑ "Childs biography". Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- 1 2 "Scottish Highland Photo Archive - Image Detail". Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ↑ "Charles Bernard Childs". 2007.
- ↑ C D Waterston; A Macmillan Shearer (July 2006). "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J)" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.