In memory of

Frederick Charles Frank

6 March 1911 — 5 April 1998

Durban · Bristol

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Sir Frederick Charles Frank, FRS was a British theoretical physicist. He is best known for his work on crystal dislocations, including the idea of the Frank–Read source of dislocations. He also proposed the cyclol reaction in the mid-1930s, and made many other contributions to solid-state physics, geophysics, and the theory of liquid crystals.

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