Person Pike; Edward Roy (1929-2025); physicist Pike Edward Roy physicist 1929-2025 British Male Perth, Australia 04 December 1929 19291204 24 July 2025 20250724

Physicist Mathematics Physics Electrochemistry Theoretical physics Optics Thermodynamics Quantum optics Superconductors Photonics Optoelectronics Education: Southfield Grammar School, Oxford; University College Cardiff, Wales, B.Sc; Ph.D (1953-1957) Career: Joined the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment and served in General Montgomery’s Radio Engineer in SHAPE Headquarters in Fontainebleau, France (1948); Fulbright scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1958-1960); Senior science officer to chief science officer, Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, Malvern, England (1960-1991); non-executive director, Richard Clay plc (1984-1986); visiting professor of mathematics, Imperial College, London (1984-1986); Clerk-Maxwell Chair for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, King’s College London (1986); Head of the School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King’s College London, now known as the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences (1991-1994); Emeritus Clerk Maxwell Professor of Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, King’s College London (1994-2019); founding Non-executive Chairman of web software company Stilo International (2000). Awards/Medals: Annual Achievement Award of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers 1978 Civil Service Award to Inventors 1980 Institute of Physics Guthrie Medal and Prize 1995 Memberships: Institute of Physics (VP 1981-1985) Parents: Anthony and Rosalind Irene (nee Davies) Pike. Spouse: (m. 23 July 1955) Pamela Sawtell. Children: Martin, Alison, and Sarah. Worked on thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and many-body quantum theory. He performed some of the first experiments in photon statistics, leading to a new field of statistical optical spectroscopy with wide scientific applications. Commercial exploitation has achieved worldwide sales of ‘Malvern’ photon-correlation equipment. His research ranged from measurements of wind tunnel supersonic velocities, molecular parameters of colloids, proteins and viruses and sound waves in liquid helium to super-resolving optical microscopy. Medals:Charles Parsons Medal (1975) Fellow 19/03/1981 51 The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor Roy Pike FRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/roy-pike-12098/; last accessed: 09/09/2025] King's College London News Centre, Remembering Professor Roy Pike FRS, Tribute to Emeritus Professor Roy Pike, who passed away 24 July 2025, 3 September 2025, [URL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/remembering-professor-roy-pike-frs; last accessed: 09/09/2025] 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 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Pike%2C+Edward+Roy RCN 20126 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-21594 4 Dec 1929 - The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 09/09/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA4660 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 09/09/2025 RS_NET\VidaM Yes 8ee3d644-bd91-45a2-a496-c047b2859b0c