| Authorised form of name | Brockhouse; Bertram Neville (1918 - 2003) |
| Dates | 1918 - 2003 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Place of birth | Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
| Date of birth | 15/07/1918 |
| Place of death | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Date of death | 13/10/2003 |
| Research field | Physicist |
| Activity | Education:
High School in Vancouver, graduated 1935; received ex serviceman's grant to study maths and physics at University of British Columbia (1945-1947); doctorate at University of Toronto in solid state physics
Career:
Radio repairer, Chicago (1935-1937) and Vancouver; Royal Canadian Naval Reserve; electrical engineering course, Nova Scotia Technical College (1944); naval sub-lieutenant, National Research Council, Ottawa; lecturer, University of Toronto (1949-1950); Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (Research Officer 1950-1959, Head of Neutron Physics Branch 1960-1962), spent one year at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York (1952); appointed Professor of Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario (1962 - 1984); awarded Buckely Prize of the American Physical Society; awarded the Centennial Medal of Canada and Tory Medal of the Royal Society of Canada; awarded honorary degrees by McMaster University and University of Waterloo; awarded Duddell Medal by the British Institute of Physics
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physics) 1994
Memberships:
FRS Canada; Fellow Royal Swedish Academy
Honours:
CC 1995; OC 1982 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1965 |
| Age at election | 46 |
| Relationships | Married (1948) Doris Miller |
| Source | Obituaries:
The Times (22 October 2003); The Independent (21 October 2003)
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2005 vol 51 pp 51-65, plate, by Roger Cowley |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/165617878 |
| Code | NA4341 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/000575 | Brockhouse, Betram Neville | 1994 |
| IM/000576 | Brockhouse, Betram Neville | 2001 |
| EC/1965/05 | Brockhouse, Bertram Neville: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1963 |