Archibald Howie

Archibald "Archie" Howie FRS (born 1934) is a British physicist, known for his pioneering work on the interpretation of transmission electron microscope images of crystals. Born in 1934, he attended Kirkcaldy High School and the University of Edinburgh. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, and then took up a permanent post at Cambridge where he has remained. He is a fellow of Churchill College. In 1965, with Hirsch, Whelan, Pashley and Nicholson, he published the seminal text Electron Microscopy of Thin Crystals. He was head of the Cavendish Laboratory from 1989-1997.

Awards

• 1978 - elected to the Royal Society
• 1992 - Guthrie Medal and Prize

See also

• Cavendish Laboratory