Paul Taunton Matthews | |
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Born | 19 November 1919 Erode, Tamil Nadu, British India Present-day India |
Died | 26 February 1987 Cambridge, U.K. |
(aged 67)
Residence | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Fields | Theoretical Physics |
Institutions | Imperial College London University of Bath Science and Engineering Research Council |
Alma mater | Imperial College London |
Doctoral students | Faheem Hussain |
Other notable students | Abdus Salam |
Notable awards | Order of the British Empire Royal Society Adams Prize Rutherford Medal and Prize |
Paul Taunton Matthews CBE FRS (19 November 1919–26 February 1987) was a British theoretical physicist.
He was born in Erode in India. He was awarded the Adams Prize in 1958, elected to the Royal Society in 1963, and awarded the Rutherford Medal and Prize in 1978. He became head of the Physics Department of Imperial College, London and later vice chancellor of the University of Bath. He was also chairman of the Nuclear Physics Board of the Science Research Council.
He died in Cambridge from injuries sustained in a cycling accident.
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Preceded by Leonard Rotherham |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath 1976-1983 |
Succeeded by John Rodney Quayle |