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David Shoenberg (4 January 1911 - 10 March 2004) was a pioneer of British low-temperature physics. Carrying out most of his research in Cambridge he contributed in the fields of superconductivity, magnetism and the de Haas-van Alphen effect. In 1940 he married Catherine Felicitée Fischmann and they had 3 children.
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[edit] Early life
He was born in St Petersburg where his father Isaac Shoenberg worked as an engineer on the design and setup of the first radio stations in Russia. His birthday only became 4 January 1911 (originally in November 1910) when the Gregorian calendar was adopted in Russia. In 1914 he moved with his family to Britain for his father took up a research fellowship at the Royal College of Science.
[edit] Education
As a child he went to Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith. Later he won a scholarship to Trinity College and started to study mathematics in 1929. Soon he switched to physics at the Cavendish Laboratory which was headed by Ernest Rutherford. Successful studies allowed him continuation as a research student under Peter Kapitza. Later on numerous awards earned him a senior scholarship that lasted until 1939.
[edit] Research
Shoenberg was the first student to work at the newly opened Mond Laboratory (now part of Cavendish Laboratory) in 1933. Under Kapitza he worked on the magnetostriction of Bismuth. In 1934 however, Kapitza was not allowed to leave Russia after a short stay there.
[edit] Honors
He received the MBE in 1944 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1953.
He was Professor of Physics, Cambridge University and Head of Low Temperature Physics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, 1973-78, then Professor Emeritus; he was also a Life Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
[edit] References
- David Shoenberg Biographical Memoirs. Royal Society. Retrieved on 15 January, 2007.
