About Ralph H. Fowler
Sir Ralph Howard Fowler (17 January 1889 – 28 July 1944) was a British mathematical physicist. == Biography == Ralph Howard Fowler was born on 17 January 1889 in Roydon, England, the son of Howard Fowler from Burnham-on-Sea, and Frances Eva Dewhurst, the daughter of a cotton merchant from Manchester. After attending Winchester College, Fowler won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied mathematics and became a Wrangler in Part II of the Mathematical Tripos. In World War I, Fowler obtained a commission in the Royal Marine Artillery and was seriously wounded in his shoulder in the Gallipoli campaign. The wound enabled his friend Archibald Hill to use his talents properly. As Hill's second in command he worked on anti-aircraft ballistics in the Anti-Aircraft Experimental Section of HMS Excellent on Whale Island. He made a major contribution on the aerodynamics of spinning shells. He was awarded the OBE in 1918. In 1919, Fowler returned to Trinity College, where he became College Lecturer in Mathematics the following year. Fowler worked on thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, bringing a new approach to physical chemistry.
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