Authorised form of name | Cochran; William (1922 - 2003) |
Dates | 1922 - 2003 |
Date of birth | 30/07/1922 |
Date of death | 28/08/2003 |
Research field | Physics |
Activity | Education: Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh; Edinburgh University Career: Chemistry department, University of Edinburgh; Cambridge University (1948-1964); sabbatical year with Bert Brockhouse at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (1958-1959); appointed Professor of Physics, Edinburgh University (1964); appointed head of department of Physics, Edinburgh University (1975); Vice-Principal, Edinburgh University (1984-1987); honorary fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; awarded Guthrie Medal by Institute of Physics; awarded Potts Medal of the Franklin Institute Fellowships: FRSE
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 15/03/1962 |
Age at election | 39 |
RSActivity | Medals and prizes: Hughes Medal 1978 |
Source | Obituaries: The Times (10 October 2003) Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2005 vol 51 pp 67-85, plate, by Michael Wolfson FRS |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/34838793 |
Code | NA3974 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
IM/GA/WRS/9604 | Cochran, William | nd |
EC/1962/04 | Cochran, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
RR/69/20 | Letter from David Brunt, on a paper '[The crystal structure of sucrose sodium bromide dihydrate]' by C A Beevers and William Cochran to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton | 14 October 1946 |