Herbert Stansfield

Herbert Stansfield AMIEE (1872 – 14 March 1960) was a British physicist and Professor at University College, Southampton (1912–32) whose research focussed on soap films, the Michelson Interferometer and the Echelon Spectroscope.

Stansfield was appointed Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering at University College, Southampton, in 1912.

[1] His publications included papers in scientific journals on soap films, dynamos, the Michelson Interferometer, the Echelon Spectroscope, and one on the " Sensitiveness of the Human Skin as a Detector of Alternating Electric Fields".

[1][3] Stansfield was elected an Associate Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) by the University of London in 1922.

Edith's sister, Ethel Ernestine Grubb (1877–1942), married Herbert's brother Alfred Stansfield.