Alexander Rankine

Alexander Rankine
Born
Alexander Oliver Rankine

(1881-12-08)8 December 1881
Died20 January 1956(1956-01-20) (aged 74)
Alma materUniversity College London
Known forTrouton–Rankine experiment
Awards
Scientific career
InstitutionsImperial College London

Alexander Oliver Rankine (8 December 1881 – 20 January 1956) was a British physicist who worked on the viscosity of gases, molecular dynamics, optics, acoustics and geophysics.