Allen Shenstone
| Allen Goodrich Shenstone | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 27, 1893 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | February 16, 1980 (aged 86) Princeton, New Jersey, United States |
| Residence | Princeton, New Jersey |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Alma mater | Princeton University University of Cambridge |
| Awards | Military Cross |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions |
University of Toronto Princeton University |
| Academic advisors |
J. J. Thomson C. T. R. Wilson Ernest Rutherford |
Allen Goodrich Shenstone, OBE, MC (July 27, 1893 – February 16, 1980) was a Canadian physicist. He earned bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Cambridge. After a brief stint as a junior faculty member at the University of Toronto, he returned to Princeton, where he was a professor in the Department of Physics 1925–62. He chaired the department 1949–60. He worked primarily in the field of atomic spectroscopy. He was awarded the Military Cross for his service in the Royal Engineers in World War I and made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his work as a scientific officer in World War II.
Shenstone was born in Toronto July 27, 1893, the last of six children of Eliza Hara and Joseph Newton Shenstone. Joseph Shenstone was a senior executive of the Massey-Harris Company, a large manufacturer of agricultural equipment that later became Massey Ferguson. All six siblings attended university, which was unusual at the time.
Shenstone married Molly Chadwick in 1923. They had three children, but only one survived to adulthood. This child, a son named Michael, produced three grandchildren. Molly died in 1967, and Allen was remarried two years later to Tiffin Harper.
Shenstone attended Huron Street Public School and Harbord Collegiate Institute in Toronto. In 1910 he enrolled at Princeton University in the United States, where he was the only Canadian of the 400 entering students. As an undergraduate he was a member of Cap and Gown Club and a close friend of Allen Dulles. He played on the ice hockey team with Hobey Baker. He graduated magna cum laude in 1914 and then spent two terms at the Cavendish Laboratory of the University of Cambridge working on experiments under J. J. Thomson and C. T. R. Wilson.
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