Archibald "Archie" Howie FRS (born 1934) is a Scottish 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 degree 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 and currently President of the Senior Common Room.

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  • Archibald "Archie" Howie FRS (born 1934) is a Scottish 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 degree 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 and currently President of the Senior Common Room. In 1965, with Hirsch, Whelan, Pashley and Nicholson, he published the seminal text Electron Microscopy of Thin Crystals. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1978 and awarded their Royal Medal in 1999. In 1992 he was awarded the Guthrie Medal and Prize. He was head of the Cavendish Laboratory from 1989-1997.
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  • Archibald "Archie" Howie FRS (born 1934) is a Scottish 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 degree 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 and currently President of the Senior Common Room.
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