Mary Laura Chalk Rowles
Mary Laura Chalk Rowles | |
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| Born | 1904 |
| Died | February 14, 1996 (aged 91–92) Montreal, Canada |
| Education | McGill University, B.A. 1925 McGill University, M.Sc. 1926 McGill University, Ph.D. 1928 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Quantum mechanics Stark effect |
| Institutions | McGill University King's College London |
| Thesis | Observed Relative Intensities of Stark Components in Hydrogen |
| Doctoral advisor | John Stuart Foster |
Mary Laura Chalk Rowles (1904 – February 14, 1996) was a Canadian physicist and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in physics from McGill University. She is best known for having conducted an early experimental verification of Erwin Schrödinger's wave formulation of quantum mechanics with John Stuart Foster.