Roger Cowley
| Roger Cowley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Roger Arthur Cowley February 24, 1939 |
| Died | January 27, 2015 (aged 75) |
| Institutions |
University of Oxford University of Edinburgh |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
| Thesis | The lattice dynamics of ionic crystals (1964) |
| Notable awards | |
Roger Arthur Cowley, FRS,[1] FRSE, FInstP (24 February 1939 – 27 January 2015) was an English physicist who specialised in the excitations of solids.[2]
Education
Cowley obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics from Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1960[2] and a Ph.D. in 1963 from the University of Cambridge.[3]
Career and research
He was appointed professor of physics at the University of Edinburgh in 1970 and Dr Lee's Professor of Experimental Philosophy at the University of Oxford in 1988 (a post that carried with it a fellowship at Wadham College, Oxford).[2] Cowley made his name in the field of neutron scattering. This work lead to the study of phase transitions.
Awards and honours
Cowley was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1978.[1] He was awarded the inaugural Max Born Prize in 1973.
References
- 1 2 3 Birgeneau, Robert J. (2017). "Roger Arthur Cowley. 24 February 1939 — 27 January 2015". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. ISSN 0080-4606. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0011.
- 1 2 3 Cowley, Roger (2011). "Roger Cowley CV". physics.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
- ↑ Cowley, Roger Arthur (1964). The lattice dynamics of ionic crystals. ethos.bl.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 879394371.