Francis Allotey
9 August 1932 – 2 November 2017
Francis Allotey was a Ghanaian mathematical physicist known for work on soft X-ray spectroscopy, where the calculation of electron transition probabilities became known as the Allotey formalism. He taught at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, where he became Ghana's first full professor of mathematics, and promoted computing and science education across Africa.
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Life events
Born in the coastal town of Saltpond in what was then the British colony of the Gold Coast.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLeft the Gold Coast to study mathematics and physics in Britain.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCompleted a degree in mathematics and physics before moving to the United States for postgraduate work.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCompleted a PhD in mathematical physics in the United States.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis analysis of soft X-ray spectroscopy provided a method for determining electron transition probabilities in atoms.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAppointed to a chair at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHelped introduce computing to Ghanaian universities and served in international scientific bodies promoting science in developing countries.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgServed as founding president of the Ghanaian branch of the pan-African postgraduate mathematics network.
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