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Burhop, Eric Henry Stoneley (1911 - 1980)FRS |
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| Physicist and Mathematician | |||
| Born: 31 January 1911 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Died: 22 January 1980 Camden, England. | |||
| Eric Henry S. Burhop taught mathematics and physics from 1945 at University College, London and was Professor of Physics 1960-78. He worked on the Manhattan Project, USA 1945-50, won the Lenin Peace Prize 1972 and was President, World Federation of Scientific Workers 1971-80. |
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| Born Hobart, 31 January 1911. Died London, 22 January 1980. Educated Universities of Melbourne (BSc 1931, BA 1932, MSc 1933) and Cambridge (PhD 1938). 1851 Exhibition scholar 1933-35; lecturer in natural philosophy, University of Melbourne 1936-42; officer-in-charge, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Radio Research Laboratory 1942-ca 1943, University of Melbourne ca 1943-44; Manhattan Project, United States of America 1944-45; lecturer, later reader, in mathematics, University College London 1945-50; reader in physics 1950-60; professor 1960-78. Fellow, Royal Society 1963; Joliot-Curie medal, World Peace Council 1966; Lenin Peace Prize 1972; Bulgaria's Order of Cyril and Methodius 1973; Rutherford Memorial lecturer, Royal Society 1979. Founding member, Australian Association of Scientific Workers 1939; involved in the founding of the Pugwash conferences; founder, British Society for Social Responsibility in Science 1969; President, World Federation of Scientific Workers 1971-80. | ||
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