Charles Glover Barkla brown plaque

This brown commemorative plaque records: Charles Glover Barkla 1877-1944 Nobel Laureate in Physics lived here 1922-1938 Recorded plaque organisation: Historic Environment Scotland.

Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his work on the scattering of X-rays and the production of continuous spectra. He served as the head of the physics department at the University of Edinburgh from 1913 until his death, significantly influencing the field of physics during that period.