David Wallace (physicist)
Sir David Wallace CBE FRS FRSE | |
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2.jpg) David Wallace (left) and Peter Higgs | |
| 6th Master of Churchill College, Cambridge | |
| In office 2006–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Sir John Boyd |
| Succeeded by | Dame Athene Donald |
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| Born | David James Wallace 7 October 1945 |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Anne Yeats Neil Gunther[4] |
Sir David James Wallace,
Master of Churchill College, Cambridge from 2006 to 2014.[5]
Early life and education
Wallace was born on 7 October 1945.[1][6] He was educated at Hawick High School[1] in Hawick, Borders, Scotland and went to the University of Edinburgh where he earned a degree in Mathematical Physics and a PhD in Elementary particle theory, under the supervision of Peter Higgs.[4][7]
Career
After
postdoctoral research work as a Harkness Fellow at Princeton University, Wallace became a physics lecturer at the University of Southampton
in 1972.
In 1979 he became the fourth
CBE
for his computing work.
Wallace is currently Vice-President for Physical Sciences of the
Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering[2] in 1998, and was a commissioner of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 from 2001-2011.[1]
In 2014, the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Loughborough University launched a series of public lectures honouring Wallace. The Sir David Wallace lectures are hosted by the University. Speakers have included Cédric Villani and Michael Berry (physicist).[10]
Personal
He has a wife, Elizabeth[3][1] and a daughter, Sara.
References
- ^ a b c d e "'WALLACE, Sir David (James)', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press".(subscription required)
- ^ a b c d "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ a b "David Wallace CV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2015.
- ^ a b c David Wallace at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Microsoft Academic
- ^ "Birthdays". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media. 7 October 2014. p. 37.
- ^ Wallace, David (1971). Applications of Current Algebras and Chiral Symmetry Breaking (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh.
- ^ "Royal Society of Edinburgh Council". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ "Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows" (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ "Sir David Wallace Lectures". Loughborough University. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
External links
- Cam.ac.uk: "Master Appointed to Churchill College
- Number-10.gov.uk: "Master Of Churchill College, Cambridge" (via The National Archives, UK)
- Archive Version of Loughbourgh University: Vice-Chancellor's Office at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 February 2005)
- University of Cambridge: "Director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences appointed"
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