Paul H. Kirkpatrick (July 21, 1894 – December 26, 1992) was co-inventor of the X-ray reflection microscope, and the imaging technique he and his graduate student Albert Baez developed is still used, particularly in astronomy to take X-ray pictures of galaxies and in medicine.Paul Kirkpatrick, inventor of the X-ray microscope, dead at 98
. Obituary, Stanford University, 1992 An award in his name was established in the Physics Department at

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

to recognize those graduate students who have demonstrated a talent for and commitment to the teaching of physics to undergraduates.PAUL H. KIRKPATRICK AWARD
". Obituary, Stanford University

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkpatrick, Paul H. 1992 deaths Stanford University Department of Physics faculty Microscopists 1894 births Presidents of the American Association of Physics Teachers