| Authorised form of name | Pippard; Sir; Alfred Brian (1920 - 2008) |
| Dates | 1920 - 2008 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 07/09/1920 |
| Date of death | 21/09/2008 |
| Activity | Education:
Clifton College Bristol; Clare College CAmbridge (1938)
Career:
Radar establishment at Great Malvern, becoming proficient in microwave techniques. Leader in the field of low emperature physics and semiconductors. In the 1950s Pippard demonstated the existence of the Fermis surface in reality, by establishing the shape of the surface in copper through measuring the reflection and absorption of microwave radiation.
John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge (1960-1971); Cavendish Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge (1971-1982); first President of Clare Hall, a newly founded graduate college (1966-1973); Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall (1987); Honorary Fellow of Clare Hall (1998)
Honours:
Kt 1975
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/03/1956 |
| Age at election | 35 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1963-1964
Medals and prizes:
Hughes Medal 1959 |
| Relationships | Wife Charlotte and three daughters |
| Published works | Elements of Classical Thermodynamics for Advanced Studies of Physics (1957); Cavendish Problems in Classical Physics (1962); Dynamics of Conduction Electrons (1962); Forces and Particles (1972); Magnetoresistance (1989) |
| Sources | References:
N R Ingram, 'All that you can't leave behind' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 177-184
B Pippard, 'Euclid and other popular romances. Such silver currents: the story of William and Lucy Clifford 1845-1929, by M Chisholm' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 252-253
B Pippard, 'A paragon of physics. <i>The man who changed everything - the life of James Clerk Maxwell</i> by Basil Mahon' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 103-104
Sir Brian Pippard FRS, 'David Shoenberg', Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2005 vol 51 pp 379-397, plate |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/76377581 |
| Royal Society code | NA3149 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/003591 | Pippard, Sir Alfred Brian | 1961 |
| HWT/24/2/2 | Correspondence and papers regarding Royal Society policy subsequent to the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia | August 1968 - December 1969 |
| IM/GA/WRS/9367 | Pippard, Sir Alfred Brian | nd |
| RR/70/195 | Referee's report by Nevill Francis Mott, on three papers 'The surface impedance of superconductors and normal metals at high frequencies. Part I, II, and III' by A. B. Pippard | 1947 |
| EC/1956/17 | Pippard, Sir Alfred Brian: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/73/78 | Referee's report by Nevill Francis Mott, on a paper 'The surface impedance of superconductors and normal metals at high frequencies. IV. Impedance at 9400 Mcyc/sec. of single crystals of normal and superconducting tin' by Alfred Brian Pippard | 1950 |
| RR/73/79 | Referee's report by Nevill Francis Mott, on a paper 'The surface impedance of superconductors and normal metals at high frequencies. V. Analysis of experimental results for superconducting tin' by Alfred Brian Pippard | 1950 |
| RR/73/107 | Referee's report by Nevill Francis Mott, on a paper 'Field variation of the superconducting penetration depth' by Alfred Brian Pippard | 15 May 1950 |
| RR/77/234 | Referee's report by John Frank Allen, on a paper 'An experimental and theoretical study of the relation between magnetic field and current in a superconductor' Alfred Brian Pippard | 12 November 1952 |