Harold George Jerrard

Harold George Jerrard
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Born(1921-10-26)26 October 1921[1]
Died10 April 2013(2013-04-10) (aged 91)[1][2]
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NationalityBritish
OccupationUniversity lecturer
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Harold George "Jerry" Jerrard (1921 – 2013)[2] was a British physicist known for his books with Donald Burgess McNeill. His research concerned optics, and included reviving the theory of the Poincaré sphere for modeling the behavior of polarised light, 60 years after it was suggested by Henri Poincaré and then largely forgotten.[3] He was a reader of physics at the University of Southampton, a professor of physics at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.[4] He also enjoyed sailing on the Solent, and served for 20 years in local politics in the Borough of Fareham, becoming leader of the borough council, mayor, and a member of the Hampshire County Council.[2]

Selected publications

Books

  • Jerrard, H. G., and McNeill, D. B. (1960). Theoretical and Experimental Physics. United Kingdom: Chapman & Hall.[5]
  • Jerrard, H. G., and McNeill, D. B. (1963). A Dictionary of Scientific Units, Including Dimensionless Numbers and Scales. United Kingdom: Chapman & Hall. 6th ed., 1992.[6]

Articles

  • Jerrard, H. G. (January 1948), "Optical compensators for measurement of elliptical polarization", Journal of the Optical Society of America, 38 (1): 35–59, doi:10.1364/JOSA.38.000035
  • Jerrard, H. G. (August 1954), "Transmission of light through birefringent and optically active media: the Poincaré sphere", Journal of the Optical Society of America, 44 (8): 634–640, doi:10.1364/JOSA.44.000634

References

  1. ^ a b "Jerrard, Harold George", Who's Who of British Scientists, Ohio University Press, p. 439, 1969
  2. ^ a b c "Jerry Jerrard", Daily Echo, 23 May 2013
  3. ^ Collett, Edward (2003), Polarized Light in Fiber Optics, SPIE monographs, SPIE Press, p. 46, ISBN 978-0-8194-5761-5
  4. ^ Listing of affiliations from title page, 6th edition of A Dictionary of Scientific Units
  5. ^ Reviews of Theoretical and Experimental Physics: R. C. Brown, Science Progress, JSTOR 43425236; F. Stöckmann, Physikalische Blätter, doi:10.1002/phbl.19610171108; D. H. Trevena, Nature, doi:10.1038/192491c0
  6. ^ Reviews of A Dictionary of Scientific Units: D. N. Baron, Journal of Anatomy, doi:10.1046/j.1469-7580.1997.191304771.x; E. Brüche, Physikalische Blätter, doi:10.1002/phbl.19720280808; Eric Deeson, Physics Bulletin, doi:10.1088/0031-9112/24/1/026; A. S. G. , Current Science, JSTOR 24073954; C. A. Hogarth, Physics Bulletin, doi:10.1088/0031-9112/14/12/018; Elisabeth Weber, Angewandte Chemie, Bibcode:1987AngCh..99..281W, doi:10.1002/anie.198709381; D. O. Wharmby, Physics Bulletin, doi:10.1088/0031-9112/37/12/034; Eric Ziegel, Technometrics, doi:10.2307/1268849, JSTOR 1268849


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