1877 - Charles Glover Barkla was born on 7th of June at Widnes,
Lancashire, England. 1884 - He was educated at the Liverpool
Institute. 1898 - Barkla graduated with First Class Honours in
Physics. 1899 - Charles Glover Barkla obtained his master's
degree. - The Royal Commissioners awarded him a research
scholarship. 1900 - Barkla migrated to King's College. 1902 -
Charles Glover Barkla returned to Liverpool as Oliver Lodge
Fellow. 1902 - He discovered the homogeneous radiations
characteristic of the elements a characteristic line spectra in
1905-1909 - Charles Glover Barkla was successively demonstrator,
assistant lecturer in physics and special lecturer in advanced
electricity at the University. 1907 - Charles Glover Barkla
married Mary Esther. 1909 - Barkla succeeded H. A. Wilson as
Wheatstone Professor of Physics in the University of London.
1913 - Charles Glover Barkla accepted the Chair in Natural
Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. 1916 - He was
appointed Bakerian Lecturer (Royal Society). 1917 -