John Enderby
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Born | John Edwin Enderby 16 January 1931 |
Died | 3 August 2021 | (aged 90)
Alma mater | University of London (BSc, PhD) |
Spouse | Lady Susan Enderby |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
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Thesis | Some electrical properties of liquid metals (1963) |
Doctoral students | Alan Soper[3] |
Sir John Edwin Enderby
Education
Enderby was educated at Chester Grammar School[2] and the University of London where he was awarded Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.[6]
Career and research
Enderby’s techniques mean that the relative positions of the various types of atomic nuclei can be deduced from diffraction patterns arising from the quantum wavelike scattering of the neutrons. His work includes the surprise discovery that aqueous solutions — important in biology as the environment for an organism’s chemical reactions — have a quasi-lattice structure.[1]
He was the H.O. Wills Professor of Physics and Head of Department, from 1981 to 1994 and Deputy Director (Directeur-adjoint) of the Institut Laue–Langevin from 1985 to 1988.
Personal life
Enderby died on 3 August 2021, at the age of 90.[7]
Awards and honours
Enderby was awarded the
References
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"All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License." --"Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies". Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
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- OCLC 500569358.
- ^ "Sir John Edwin Enderby". University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015.
- PMID 17418479.
- ProQuest 301234547. (subscription required)
- ^ Johnston, Hamish (6 August 2021). "Neutron-science pioneer John Enderby dies aged 90". Physics World.
- ^ "Management of the Royal Society".