Sir Denys Wilkinson#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 916 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Denys Wilkinson passed away April 22, 2016.
Positions Held
- 1987 Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Sussex
- 1976 - 1987 Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex
- 1959 Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Oxford, 1962 to 1976 Head of the Department of Nuclear Physics
- 1957 Professor of Nuclear Physics, University of Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- Nuclear physics
- Electromagnetic properties of nuclear isotopes
Honours and Awards
- 1985- 1993 Vice-president of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
- 1980 Royal Medal
- 1979 Honorary Student of Christ Church, Oxford
- 1974 Knighted
- 1974 Bonner prize for nuclear physics of the American Physical Society
- 1965 Hughes Medal of the Royal Society
- 1961 Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
- 1956 Fellow of the Royal Society
