Hilda Conrady Kingslake

Hilda Conrady Kingslake (born Hilda Gertrude Conrady, February 16, 1902 – February 14, 2003)[1] was a prominent English-American researcher in the field of optics.[2]

Hilda Gertrude Conrady was born in London, England, on 16 February 1902. She died within two weeks of her husband Rudolf Kingslake and just two days shy of her 101st birthday on 14 February 2003.[1]

References
  1. Thompson, Brian (May 2003). "Hilda and Rudolf Kingslake: Two Lives Devoted to Optics" (PDF).
  2. Memmott, Jim. "Memmott: A wedding dress fit for three generations". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  3. Thompson, Brian (1 September 2003). "Hilda Gertrude Kingslake/Rudolf Kingslake". Physics Today.
  4. Conrady, H G (1 April 1924). "Study of the significance of the foucault knife-edge test when applied to refracting systems". Transactions of the Optical Society. 25 (4): 219–226. doi:10.1088/1475-4878/25/4/306. ISSN 1475-4878.
  5. "History of the Optical Society of America, 1916-1966" (PDF). Journal of the Optical Society of America. March 1966.
  6. Kingslake, Hilda G. "Institute of Optics 1929–1979: a brief commemorative,". Applied Optics. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  7. "In Memoriam: Hilda Conrady Kingslake". OSA. 14 February 2003.

Further reading
  • "Kingslake papers". Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester.


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