Samuel Tolansky

Samuel Tolansky (17 November 1907 - 4 March 1973) was Professor of Physics at Royal Holloway College (University of London), 1947-1973 and an expert on spectroscopy. He was a principal investigator to the NASA Lunar Project.

His parents were Lithuanian-born Jews.

Education: Rutherford College and King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne; Imperial College London.

Work: University of Manchester, 1934-47, then Royal Holloway College.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1947, and of the Royal Society, 1952.

He was awarded the C. V. Boys Prize for contributions to optics by the London Physical Society, 1948; he was Silver Medallist, Royal Society of Arts, 1961.

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