Person Pippard; Sir; Alfred Brian (1920 - 2008) Pippard Alfred Brian Sir 1920 - 2008 British Male London, England 07/09/1920 19200907 21/09/2008 20080921

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 Wife Charlotte and three daughters Royal Society roles: Council: 1963-1964 Medals and prizes: Hughes Medal 1959 Fellow 15/03/1956 35 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 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) 7 Sep 1920 - 21 Sep 2008 NA3149 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/76377581 b999dbbc-876e-4d0e-983d-1c13f28130a3