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Kingslake was born in London, England in 1903 as Rudolf Klickmann. The latter is in all probability a re-transcription from Cyrillic of the traditional German-Jewish "Glückmann" meaning "lucky man". Kingslake studied optical design at the
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in 1973 and was elected an Honorary Member of OSA in 1984. Both he and his wife were made Fellows of the Society; he was in the inaugural class of Fellows in 1959, and she was elected in 1966.
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has awarded the Rudolf Kingslake Medal to recognize the most noteworthy original paper published in the society's journal, Optical Engineering.
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Rudolf Kingslake died on February 28, 2003, in Rochester, NY, at age 99, two weeks after the death of his wife, Hilda.
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In 1958, Kingslake and wife Hilda edited an unfinished manuscript by Conrady and published a sequel to Conrady's book,
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This article about an engineer, inventor or industrial designer from England is a
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A comprehensive history of the first 75 years of the Institute of Optics
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Lenses in Photography: The Practical Guide to Optics for Photographers
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In 1929, Kingslake was invited to the United States to teach at the
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by A.E. Conrady, edited by Hilda and Rudolf Kingslake
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Imperial College of Science and Technology
Alexander Eugen Conrady
Hilda Conrady Kingslake
optics
University of Rochester
The Institute of Optics
Eastman Kodak
SPIE
The Optical Society
Frederic Ives Medal
"Hilda and Rudolf Kingslake - Two Lives Devoted to Optics"
the original
"Rudolf Kingslake | Optica"
"Elected Fellows | Optica"
"Obituary: Hilda Gertrude Kingslake/Rudolf Kingslake"
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10.1063/1.4776723
The Rudolf Kingslake Medal and Prize
SPIE
Frederic Ives Medal
OSA
A comprehensive history of the first 75 years of the Institute of Optics
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