Roger Elliott#
Obituary, Academia Europaea
Obituary
, University of Oxford
Obituary, The Guardian
Obituary, The Royal Society
Curriculum vitae#
EDUCATION
- New College (Oxford); B.A. (Mathematics) 1949
- D.Phil. (Theoretical Physics) 1952
APPOINTMENTS - ACADEMIC
- 1952-53 Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley
- 1953-55 Research Fellow, A.E.R.E., Harwell
- 1955-57 University Lecturer, Reading
- 1957-64 University Lecturer, Oxford
- 1957-74 Fellow and Tutor, St. John's College
- 1964-74 Reader (ad hominem), Oxford
- 1974-89 Wykeham Professor of Physics, Oxford
- 1989-96 Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford (now Emeritus)
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS - ACADEMIC
- 1961 Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley
- 1966 Miller Professor, University of Illinois, Urban
- 1967 Loeb Lecturer, Harvard University
- 1972 Seaver Lecturer, University of Southern California
- 1978 Flint Lecturer, Yale University
- 1981 Visiting Distinguished Professor, Florida State University
- 1996 Visiting Distinguished Professor, Michegan State University
UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
- 1969-70 Senior Proctor
- 1971-88 Member of Hebdomadal Council
- 1971-88 Delegate of Oxford University Press; from 1976 Chairman of Finance Committee
- 1988-93 Secretary to the Delegates and Chief Executive, Oxford University Press
OTHER APPOINTMENTS
- 1966-68 Member - Electronic Research Council
- 1976-81 Member - Computer Board for Universities and Research Councils
- 1983-87 Chairman - Computer Board for Universities and Research Councils
- 1984-88 Physical Secretary and Vice President of the Royal Society
- 1987-90 Member - Advisory Board for Research Councils
- 1988-92 Part-time Member - UKAEA
- 1993-94 President - Publishers Association
- 1991-98 Board Member - British Council
- 1996-2002 Chairman ICSU Press
- 1999-2002 Chairman - Blackwell Limited
- 1998-2002 Chairman Disability Information Trust
AWARDS
- 1968 Maxwell Medal, Physical Society
- 1984 Hon. D.Sc. (Paris)
- 1990 Guthrie Medal, Institute of Physics
- 1991 Hon. D.Sc. (Bath)
- 1993 Hon. D.Sc. (Essex)
PUBLICATIONS
4 Books and some 200 articles on theoretical solid state physics in learned journals See also `Disorder in Condensed Matter Physics' - Volume in Honour of Roger Elliott, ed. J.A. Blackman and J. Taguena (OUP, 1991)
