Person Moon; Philip Burton (1907 - 1994) Moon Philip Burton 1907 - 1994 British Male Lewisham, England 17/05/1907 19070517 09/10/1994 19941009

Education: Leyton County High School; Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (graduated 1928) Career: Research, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, under Mark Oliphant (FRS 1937); Assistant Lecturer, Imperial College, London (1931), Lecturer (1934); Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Birmingham (1938); seconded to the British Scientific Central Office, Washington DC (1942); worked on Manhattan Project, Los Alamos (1943); worked on the 'Tube Alloys' project (World War II); Reader (1943), Professor (1946), University of Birmingham; Poynting Professor of Physics (1950-1974); Head, Department of Physics (to 1970); Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering (1969-1972) Medals and prizes: Hughes 1991 Lectures: Rutherford 1975 Fellow 20/03/1947 39 AssocMaterial: NCUACS 69/7/97. Papers deposited in the Library, University of Birmingham Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1996 vol 42 pp 247-264, plate, by W E Burcham and G R Isaak References: 'Address of the President, Sir Michael Atiyah, Given at the Anniversary Meeting on 29 November 1991' in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 155-169 ©Godfrey Argent Studio 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://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-20400 17 May 1907 - 9 Oct 1994 NA6262 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes ee34e9df-5fb4-4fc7-8369-9df1443949b3