# Samuel Curran

> Sir Samuel Crowe Curran, FRS, FRSE was a Scottish physicist and academic who was the first Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde - the first of the new technical universities in Britain.
He is the inventor of the scintillation counter, the proportional counter, and the proximity fuze.

*Scottish physicist and academic official*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/samuel-curran

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1912-05-23
- **Died:** 1998-02-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Sir Samuel Crowe Curran, FRS, FRSE was a Scottish physicist and academic who was the first Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde - the first of the new technical universities in Britain.
He is the inventor of the scintillation counter, the proportional counter, and the proximity fuze.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 37.5

## Sources
- [Samuel Curran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Curran)
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- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Curran)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3471093)

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