Edward Neville da Costa Andrade FRS[2] (27 December 1887 – 6 June 1971) was an English physicist, writer, and poet.
"[3] In the scientific world Andrade is best known for work (with Ernest Rutherford) that first determined the wavelength of a type of gamma radiation, proving it was far higher in energies than X-rays known at the time.
[citation needed] da Costa Andrade was his 2nd great-grandfather, a feather merchant in London's East End.
The surname "Andrade" might nevertheless be of Portuguese origin (see notes on original pronunciation)[citation needed] born and raised in London he attended St. Dunstan's College in Catford, which was noted as the first school to have a laboratory for teaching secondary school age pupils.
From there he attended University College London under Prof F. T. Trouton where he gained a first-class honours degree in physics in 1907.