Henry G. Booker

physicist (1910–1988)
Person human Q5721696
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Henry G. Booker was born on December 14, 1910[1], in Barking[2]. He died on November 1, 1988[3], in La Jolla[4]. He worked as a physicist[5], university teacher[6], and electrical engineer[7]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[9], United Kingdom[10]
  • Employer: Cornell University[11], Christ's College[12], University of California, San Diego[13]
  • Educated at: University of Cambridge[14]
  • Doctoral advisor: J. A. Ratcliffe[15]
  • Award received: Guggenheim Fellowship[16], Fellow of the American Geophysical Union[17]
  • Member of: National Academy of Sciences[18]
  • Sex or gender: male[19]
  • Doctoral student: Phillip Charles Clemmow[20], Donald Farley[21], William E. Gordon[22], Kenneth Bowles[23]
  • Cause of death: brain cancer[24]
  • Family name: Booker[25]
  • Given name: Henry[26], George[27]
  • Manner of death: natural causes[28]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[29]

Why It Matters

Henry G. Booker is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

FAQs

Where was Henry G. Booker born?

Henry G. Booker's place of birth was Barking[2].

Where did Henry G. Booker die?

Henry G. Booker passed away in La Jolla[4].

What did Henry G. Booker do for work?

Henry G. Booker worked as a physicist[5], university teacher[6], and electrical engineer[7].

Where did Henry G. Booker go to school?

Henry G. Booker was educated at University of Cambridge[14].

What awards did Henry G. Booker receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[16] and Fellow of the American Geophysical Union[17].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. texts.cdlib.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. texts.cdlib.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . texts.cdlib.org. texts.cdlib.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . texts.cdlib.org. texts.cdlib.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . texts.cdlib.org. texts.cdlib.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . agu.org. Retrieved . agu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . nap.edu. nap.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved . oac.cdlib.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Retrieved . texts.cdlib.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved . oac.cdlib.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Henry G. Booker. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/henry-g-booker
MLA “Henry G. Booker.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/henry-g-booker.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_henry-g-booker_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Henry G. Booker}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/henry-g-booker}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Henry G. Booker — https://4ort.xyz/entity/henry-g-booker (retrieved 2026-10-16)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/henry-g-booker · Last refreshed: