| Authorised form of name | Cochran; William (1922 - 2003) |
| Dates | 1922 - 2003 |
| Date of birth | 30/07/1922 |
| Date of death | 28/08/2003 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Activity | Education:
Boroughmuir High School, Edinburgh; Edinburgh University
Career:
Chemistry department, University of Edinburgh; Cambridge University (1948-1964); sabbatical year with Bert Brockhouse at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (1958-1959); appointed Professor of Physics, Edinburgh University (1964); appointed head of department of Physics, Edinburgh University (1975); Vice-Principal, Edinburgh University (1984-1987); honorary fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; awarded Guthrie Medal by Institute of Physics; awarded Potts Medal of the Franklin Institute
Fellowships:
FRSE
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/03/1962 |
| Age at election | 39 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Hughes Medal 1978 |
| Source | Obituaries:
The Times (10 October 2003)
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2005 vol 51 pp 67-85, plate, by Michael Wolfson FRS |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/34838793 |
| Code | NA3974 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/WRS/9604 | Cochran, William | nd |
| EC/1962/04 | Cochran, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/69/20 | Letter from David Brunt, on a paper '[The crystal structure of sucrose sodium bromide dihydrate]' by C A Beevers and William Cochran to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton | 14 October 1946 |
| MDA/N/1/92 | Correspondence between William Cochran and the Royal Society | 15-22 March 1962 |