Hilda Conrady Kingslake
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February 16, 1902
Hilda Conrady Kingslake | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hilda Gertrude Conrady February 16, 1902 London |
| Died | February 14, 2003 (aged 100) |
| Known for | Researcher in the field of optics |
Hilda Conrady Kingslake (born Hilda Gertrude Conrady, February 16, 1902 – February 14, 2003)[1] was an English-American researcher in the field of optics.[2]
Education & Career
Kingslake was a student in the technical optics department of the Royal College of Science, Imperial College, London and graduated in 1923 as part of the first graduating class. She continued working in the department as a research scholar publishing on topics including the Foucault knife-edge test and primary spherical aberration.[4] Her first paper the “Study of the significance of the foucault knife-edge test when applied to refracting systems” was published in 1924 in the Transactions of the Optical Society, London.[5]
Kingslake made significant contributions to memorialising the history of optics with two important works. She was the author of the "History of the Optical Society of America, 1916-1966" published in the March 1966 issue of the Journal of the Optical Society of America (OSA).[6] She also authored "The First 50 Years - the Institute of Optics 1929-1979."[7]
Kingslake was an OSA Fellow and long-time member of the society.[8]