Leslie Hodson
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Leslie Hodson (born Fishlake 15 July 1925 – died Leeds 1 March 2010) was an English physicist[1] who discovered the kaon (K+ meson) sub-atomic particle in 1954.
Hodson was educated at Thorne Grammar School and the University of Manchester.[2] After three years as a research associate at Princeton he became a lecturer at the University of Leeds.[1] He retired in 1990.
Notes
- ^ a b "Obituaries | Secretariat". University of Leeds. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Leslie Hodson: Particle physicist and pioneer in the study of cosmic rays". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
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