Frank Horton (physicist)

[2] He was then a lecturer at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge from 1905 to 1914 and had been appointed a fellow of St John's College in 1905.

[2] From 1914 to 1946 he was Professor and head of the physics department at Royal Holloway College (RHC) and had been awarded a DSc from London University.

[2] During his early years at RHC he did research on thermionic emissions and gaseous ions.

[3] Horton was not a member of the RHC committee regarding post-war policy of the college, in particular becoming coeducational, due to his position as the university's Vice-Chancellor.

However, he acted as advisor and joined a later sub-committee to discuss revisions to the college constitution which would need to be part of a Private Bill in parliament.