Robert Lyster Thornton

Robert Lyster Thornton (born November 29, 1908, died September 28, 1985), was born at Wooton, Bedfordshire, England, the son of a mechanical engineer, Dudley L. Thornton, and his wife Katherine Foster. He was educated in Canada, where his family went in his youth, his father being employed by the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He attended McGill University for seven years, earning the B.Sc. degree in 1930 and obtaining the Ph.D.

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