Hilda Conrady Kingslake

Hilda Conrady Kingslake (born Hilda Gertrude Conrady, February 16, 1902 – February 14, 2003) was a prominent English-American researcher in the field of optics. Her father, A.E. Conrady, and husband, Rudolf Kingslake were also major figures in the research and instruction of optics; in fact both Hilda and Rudolf studied under Conrady at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London.

The Kingslakes moved to Rochester, New York, in 1929 (just after their marriage) when Rudolf was offered a professorship at the University of Rochester. Both continued to live in Rochester until their deaths in February 2003—Hilda on the 14th and Rudolf on the 28th.