Marshall Stoneham

Arthur Marshall Stoneham, FRS (May 18, 1940 Barrow, Cumbria, UK – February 18, 2011), known as Marshall Stoneham, was a British physicist who worked for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, and from 1995 was Massey professor of physics at University College London.

Education

Stoneham obtained his B.Sc. in physics from the University of Bristol in 1961, and his Ph.D. in 1964.^[1]

He was the author of several books that became influential within the field, including Theory of Defects in Solids (1975).^[1]

He was a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a fellow the American Physical Society, and a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in 2006 was awarded the Guthrie Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics.^[1] Stoneham was elected President of the Institute of Physics in 2010^[1] and died during his term in office.

1 2 3 4 Kirby-Harris, Robert. "Marshall Stoneham obituary", The Guardian, March 13, 2011.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1989
Fellows	Brian Anderson Kenneth Bagshawe John M. Ball Adrian Bird Roger Blandford Arthur Cain Mark Child Alwyn Davies Peter Goddard Michael Green Brian Heap Geoffrey Hewitt Derek Hull Julian Hunt Richard Hynes Michael James Francis Kelly John Lawton Gilbert George Lonzarich Andrew David McLachlan Michael A. Moore Kim Nasmyth Paul Nurse Robert Ladislav Parker Geoff Parker Richard Peto Warren R. Roper John Martin Rowell Ian John Russell John Philip Simons Charles Roger Slack Marshall Stoneham Roger C. Thomas Anne Treisman Kenneth Wade Patrick David Wall Rob Webster Thomas Summers West Andrew Wiles Ian Robert Young
Statute 12	Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton
Foreign	Nicole Marthe Le Douarin Paul Erdős Kenichi Fukui Edward B. Lewis Barbara McClintock Edward Mills Purcell