William Hume-Rothery

William Hume-Rothery
Born15 May 1899 (1899-05-15)
Died27 September 1968 (1968-09-28) (aged 69)
Oxford, UK
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Oxford
Royal School of Mines
Known forHume-Rothery rules
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMetallurgy
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Doctoral advisorHarold Carpenter
Doctoral studentsGeoffrey Raynor

William Hume-Rothery OBE FRS[1] (15 May 1899 – 27 September 1968) was an English metallurgist and materials scientist who studied the constitution of alloys.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ a b Raynor, G. V. (1969). "William Hume-Rothery 1899-1968". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 15: 109–126. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1969.0006. S2CID 72451114.
  2. ^ Hume-Rothery Bio, The Golden Years, Jack Christian, Department of Materials at Oxford University
  3. ^ Golden Years at Oxford
  4. ^ The Structure of Metals and Alloys (first published in 1936)

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