William Mitchell (physicist)

For other people named William Mitchell, see William Mitchell (disambiguation).

Sir Edgar William John Mitchell, CBE, FRS^[1] (September 25, 1925 – October 30, 2002) was a professor of physics at Oxford, and helped pioneer the field of neutron scattering.^[2]

Born in Kingsbridge, Devon, England, Mitchell was also a member of the SEPP Board of Science Advisors.

References

^ Cowley, R. A. (2004). "Sir Edgar William John Mitchell CBE. 25 September 1925 - 30 October 2002: Elected F.R.S. 1980". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 50: 171. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2004.0013. edit
^ Wright, Pearce (November 12, 2002). "Obituary: Sir William Mitchell | Education | The Guardian". London. http://education.guardian.co.uk/obituary/story/0,12212,838399,00.html. Retrieved 2011-07-27.

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