Alfred Ewing
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Alfred Ewing was a Scottish physicist and engineer known for his pioneering work in magnetism and for organizing British naval codebreaking efforts during World War I.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alfred Ewing canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
codebreaker
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engineer ⓘ physicist ⓘ university administrator ⓘ |
| academicDegree | MA from the University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Knight Bachelor
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Royal Medal of the Royal Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Scotland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1855-03-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1935-01-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| employer |
Admiralty (United Kingdom)
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
University of Dundee NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Ewing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cryptanalysis
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electrical engineering ⓘ magnetism ⓘ materials science ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| fullName | Sir James Alfred Ewing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName |
Alfred
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James ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early studies of ferromagnetism
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introducing the term hysteresis in magnetism ⓘ organizing British naval codebreaking in World War I ⓘ pioneering work on magnetic hysteresis ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Royal Society
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Royal Society of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Magnetic Induction in Iron and Other Metals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dundee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of Naval Education
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Principal of the University of Edinburgh ⓘ Professor of Engineering at University College, Dundee ⓘ Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tokyo ⓘ Professor of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfNotableWork | 1892 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge
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Dundee NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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