Archibald "Archie" Howie (born 8 March 1934) is a

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and Emeritus Professor at the University of Cambridge, known for his pioneering work on the interpretation of

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images of crystals. Born in 1934, he attended

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and the

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. He received his PhD from the

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, where he subsequently took up a permanent post. He has been a fellow of

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since its foundation, and was President of its Senior Combination Room (SCR) until 2010. In 1965, with Hirsch,

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, Pashley and Nicholson, he published the seminal text ''Electron Microscopy of Thin Crystals''. He was elected to the

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in 1978 and awarded their

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in 1999. In 1992 he was awarded the

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. He was elected an Honorary Fellow of the

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in 1995. He was head of the

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from 1989 to 1997.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Howie, Archibald 1934 births Living people British physicists British materials scientists Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of Churchill College, Cambridge Microscopists Royal Medal winners Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Microscopical Society Presidents of the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy Scientists of the Cavendish Laboratory