Archibald Howie

Who is this?

Archibald "Archie" Howie (born 8 March 1934) is a British physicist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Cambridge, known for his pioneering work on the interpretation of transmission electron microscope images of crystals. Born in 1934, he attended Kirkcaldy High School and the University of Edinburgh. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, where he subsequently took up a permanent post. He has been a fellow of Churchill College since its foundation, and was President of its Senior Combination Room (SCR) until 2010. In 1965, with Hirsch, Whelan, Pashley and Nicholson, he published the seminal text Electron Microscopy of Thin Crystals. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1978 and awarded their Royal Medal in 1999. In 1992 he was awarded the Guthrie Medal and Prize. He was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1995. He was head of the Cavendish Laboratory from 1989 to 1997.

Career

1. 1934
   Born
2. 1988
   Won Hughes Medal
3. 1992
   Won Guthrie Medal and Prize
4. 1999
   Won Royal Medal
5. Member of Royal Society
6. Member of Royal Microscopical Society
7. Won Fellow of the Royal Society
8. Won Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Trivia

• •Citizenship: United Kingdom
• •Known as: physicist