Background
Booker, Henry George was born on December 14, 1910 in Barking, Essex, England. Son of Charles Henry and Gertrude Mary (Ratcliffe) Booker. came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1952.
engineering mathematics educator
Booker, Henry George was born on December 14, 1910 in Barking, Essex, England. Son of Charles Henry and Gertrude Mary (Ratcliffe) Booker. came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1952.
Student, Palmer's School, Grays, Essex, 1921-1930; Bachelor of Arts, Christ's College, Cambridge, 1933; Doctor of Philosophy, Christ's College, Cambridge, 1936; Guggenheim fellow, Cambridge U., 1954-1955.
Fellow, Christ's College, 1935-1948; science officer, Ministry Aircraft Production, London, 1940-1945; lecturer, Cambridge U., 1945-1948; professor electrical engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1948-1965; director school electrical engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1959-1963; associate director, Center Radio Physics and Space Research professor engineering and applied mathematics, 1962-1965; professor applied physics, University of California at San Diego, from 1965. Honorary professor Wuhan U., People's Republic China, from 1981.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member National Academy of Sciences, International Union Radio Science (honorary president from 1979), Sigma Xi.
Married Adelaide Mary McNish, July 9, 1938. Children– John Ratcliffe, Robert William, Mary Adelaide, Alice.