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13210


Newcastle


St. Andrew's Cemetery, grave of William Curtis


Jesmond


NZ26NE


Religious Ritual and Funerary


Grave Marker


Gravestone


20TH CENTURY


Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000


Structure


William Edward Curtis (1889-1969) was Professor of Physics at Newcastle University for nearly 30 years from 1926. He was once of Britain's chief atomic research pioneers and a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1962 he became a CBE for services to education. The public lecture theatre in the Herschel Building at Newcastle University was named the Curtis Auditorium in his memory.


425100


566210


NZ425100566210



Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 89

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