__NOTOC__ Harold George "Jerry" Jerrard (26 October 1921 – 10 April 2013) was a British physicist known for his books with Donald Burgess McNeill. His research concerned optics, and included reviving the theory of the Poincaré sphere for modeling the behavior of polarised light, 60 years after it was suggested by Henri Poincaré and then largely forgotten. He was a reader of physics at the University of Southampton, a professor of physics at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. He also enjoyed sailing on the Solent, and served for 20 years in local politics in the Borough of Fareham, becoming leader of the borough council, mayor, and a member of the Hampshire County Council.
Selected publications Books Jerrard, H. G., and McNeill, D. B. (1960). Theoretical and Experimental Physics. United Kingdom: Chapman & Hall.Reviews of Theoretical and Experimental Physics: R. C. Brown, Science Progress, ; F. Stöckmann, Physikalische Blätter, ; D. H. Trevena, Nature, Jerrard, H. G., and McNeill, D. B. (1963). A Dictionary of Scientific Units, Including Dimensionless Numbers and Scales. United Kingdom: Chapman & Hall. 6th ed., 1992.Reviews of A Dictionary of Scientific Units: D. N. Baron, Journal of Anatomy, ; E. Brüche, Physikalische Blätter, ; Eric Deeson, Physics Bulletin, ; A. S. G., Current Science, ; C. A. Hogarth, Physics Bulletin, ; Elisabeth Weber, Angewandte Chemie, , ; D. O. Wharmby, Physics Bulletin, ; Eric Ziegel, Technometrics, ,
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References Listing of affiliations from title page, 6th edition of A Dictionary of Scientific Units