Harold George Jerrard
{{Short description|Physicist, sailor and councillor}}
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Harold George "Jerry" Jerrard (1921 – 2013) was a British physicist known for his books with Donald Burgess McNeill. His research concerned optics, and included reviving the theory of the Poincaré sphere for modeling the behavior of polarised light, 60 years after it was suggested by Henri Poincaré and then largely forgotten. He was a reader of physics at the University of Southampton, a professor of physics at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. He also enjoyed sailing on the Solent, and served for 20 years in local politics in the Borough of Fareham, becoming leader of the borough council, mayor, and a member of the Hampshire County Council.
Selected publications
=Books=
- Jerrard, H. G., and McNeill, D. B. (1960). Theoretical and Experimental Physics. United Kingdom: Chapman & Hall.Reviews of Theoretical and Experimental Physics: R. C. Brown, Science Progress, {{JSTOR|43425236}}; F. Stöckmann, Physikalische Blätter, {{doi|10.1002/phbl.19610171108}}; D. H. Trevena, Nature, {{doi|10.1038/192491c0}}
- Jerrard, H. G., and McNeill, D. B. (1963). A Dictionary of Scientific Units, Including Dimensionless Numbers and Scales. United Kingdom: Chapman & Hall. 6th ed., 1992.Reviews of A Dictionary of Scientific Units: D. N. Baron, Journal of Anatomy, {{doi|10.1046/j.1469-7580.1997.191304771.x}}; E. Brüche, Physikalische Blätter, {{doi|10.1002/phbl.19720280808}}; Eric Deeson, Physics Bulletin, {{doi|10.1088/0031-9112/24/1/026}}; A. S. G. , Current Science, {{JSTOR|24073954}}; C. A. Hogarth, Physics Bulletin, {{doi|10.1088/0031-9112/14/12/018}}; Elisabeth Weber, Angewandte Chemie, {{bibcode|1987AngCh..99..281W}}, {{doi|10.1002/anie.198709381}}; D. O. Wharmby, Physics Bulletin, {{doi|10.1088/0031-9112/37/12/034}}; Eric Ziegel, Technometrics, {{doi|10.2307/1268849}}, {{JSTOR|1268849}}
=Articles=
- {{citation
| last = Jerrard | first = H. G.
| date = January 1948
| doi = 10.1364/JOSA.38.000035
| issue = 1
| journal = Journal of the Optical Society of America
| pages = 35–59
| title = Optical compensators for measurement of elliptical polarization
| volume = 38}}
- {{citation
| last = Jerrard | first = H. G.
| date = August 1954
| doi = 10.1364/JOSA.44.000634
| issue = 8
| journal = Journal of the Optical Society of America
| pages = 634–640
| title = Transmission of light through birefringent and optically active media: the Poincaré sphere
| volume = 44}}
References
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{{citation |url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10431950.JERRY_JERRARD/?ref=arc |newspaper=Daily Echo |date=23 May 2013 |title=Jerry Jerrard}}
{{citation |work=Who's Who of British Scientists |publisher=Ohio University Press |year=1969 |page=439 |title=Jerrard, Harold George}}
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Category:20th-century British sailors
Category:Academics of the University of Southampton
Category:Oklahoma State University faculty
Category:Mayors of places in Hampshire
Category:20th-century mayors of places in the United Kingdom
Category:Fellows of the Institute of Physics
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