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Authorised form of nameMansfield; Sir; Peter (1933 - 2017)
Dates1933 - 2017
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLambeth, London, England, United Kingdom
Date of birth09/10/1933
Place of deathNottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of death08/02/2017
OccupationPhysicist
Research fieldPhysics
Medicine
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Magnetic resonance imaging
ActivityEducation:
Peckham Central School; Queen Mary College, University of London (now Queen Mary University of London), BSc (1959), PhD (1962)
Career:
Printer's assistant; Rocket Propulsion Department, Ministry of Supply in Westcott, Buckinghamshire; National Service; Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Illinois (1962-1964); Department of Physics, University of Nottingham, Lecturer (1964-1968), Senior Lecturer (1968-1970), Reader (1970-1979), Professor (1979); developed the work of Paul Lautner on MRI equipment with the help of grants from the Medical Research Council, his work allowed the technology to be used in effectively imaging the human body for clinical purposes; Senior Visitor, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg (1972-1973)
Honours:
Kt 1993
Memberships:
Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (President 1987) ; Royal College of Radiology (1993); British Institute of Radiology (1993); Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (1994); Society of Magnetic Resonance (1994); FInstP (1997);
Medals/Awards:
Gold Medal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 1983; Joint award of the Royal Society Welcome Foundation Gold Medal and Prize 1984; Fellow of Queen Mary College 1986; Duddell Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics 1988; Silvanus Thompson Medal of the British Institute of Radiology 1988; ntoine Béclère Medal of the International Society of Radiology and the Antoine Béclère Institute in Paris 1989; International Society of Magnetic Resonance (ISMAR) prize 1992 (joint with P. Lauterbur); Silver Plaque of the European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology 1993; Garmisch-Partenkirchen Prize 1995; Gold Medal of the European Congress of Radiology and the European Association of Radiology 1995; Lifetime Achievement Award of ITV's Pride of Britain 2009; Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2003
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election19/03/1987
Age at election53
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Mullard Medal 1990
Lectures:
Wellcome Foundation 1984
RelationshipsCollaborated with Brian Stewart Worthington (FRS 1987) on developing clinical applications for MRI
PublishedWorkshttps://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82083836/
OtherInfoPeter Mansfield was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who made pioneering contributions to the study of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). His research led directly to the development of medical imaging techniques such as MRI, which now form an integral part of the diagnostic process.

Much of Peter's work focused on refining the radio signals emitted by magnetically resonating nuclei to produce the highest-resolution spectrum possible. The mathematical techniques he subsequently established to analyse such data greatly facilitated direct visual interpretation of the images, making MRI a viable diagnostic tool. Peter was also responsible for the development of a high-speed technique known as echo planar imaging, which greatly shortened the time required to obtain medically useful scans.

Peter received numerous awards for his work, including the Gold Medal of the Journal of Clinical MRI and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. In 1993, he received a knighthood for his services to medical science.

Peter Mansfield FRS died on 8 February 2017.
SourceSources:
Wikipedia; https://royalsociety.org/people/peter-mansfield-11880
References:
Anne Purkiss 'Scientists 1985 - 2010; Portraits of Fellows of the Royal Society' 2010, p. 36
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/61608484
CodeNA4445
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/002962Mansfield, Sir Peter1995
EC/1987/24Mansfield, Sir Peter: certificate of election to the Royal Society1981
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