Person Mitchell; Sir; Edgar William John (1925 - 2002) Mitchell Edgar William John Sir Bill 1925 - 2002 British Male Kingsbridge, Devon, England 25/09/1925 19250925 Reading 30/10/2002 20021030

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Physicist Physics Education: Physics degree from Sheffield University (1943-1946); apprentice research physicist at Metropolitan Vickers (1946); seconded from Metropolitan Vickers to Bristol University, in Professor Mott's department, took PhD under supervision of Dr J W Mitchell (1946-1951)) Career: Returned to work at Metropolitan Vickers (1951); physics lecturership at Reading University(1951); Professor of Physics, Reading University (1961); Head of Department of Physics, Reading University while serving terms as Dean of Science (1966) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor; chairman of neutron beam research committee of the Science Research Council (1966 - 1974); Dr Lees Professor of experimental philosophy and head of Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University (1978); Chairman for many years of the neutron beam research committee of the SRC; fellow of Wadham College, Oxford; negotiated an equal partnership for the UK with France and Germany to build special purpose reactor at the Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble; Chairman of Science and Engineering Research Council (1985 - 1990); senior research fellow, Wadham College, Oxford; chairman of the Diamond Research Fund (-2000); vice-president of the European Science Foundation (1989 - 1992); president of CERN (1991); awarded the Officer's Cross of the German Order of Merit; awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Budapest; honorary doctorates from universities of Reading, Kent and Birmingham; Honours: CBE 1976; Kt 1990 Fellowships: Fellow of Royal Society of South Africa Fellow 20/03/1986 60 Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2004 vol 50 pp 171-181, plate, by Roger A Cowley 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 25 Sep 1925 - 30 Oct 2002 NA6204 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/187149005 304d0746-f5fe-4a56-84a4-91daee862215