Paul Taunton Matthews
| Paul Taunton Matthews | |
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| Born | 19 November 1919 Erode, Tamil Nadu, British India (present-day India) |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Cambridge, U.K. |
| Residence | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | Imperial College London University of Bath Science and Engineering Research Council |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London |
| Doctoral advisor | Nicholas Kemmer |
| Doctoral students | Faheem Hussain Christopher Isham |
| Other notable students | Abdus Salam Stanley Mandelstam |
| Notable awards | Order of the British Empire Fellow of the Royal Society[1] Adams Prize (1958) Rutherford Medal and Prize (1978) |
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Paul Taunton Matthews CBE FRS[1] (19 November 1919 – 26 February 1987) was a British theoretical physicist.[2][3][4]
He was born in Erode in India. He was awarded the Adams Prize in 1958, elected to the Royal Society in 1963,[1] and awarded the Rutherford Medal and Prize in 1978. He became head of the Physics Department of Imperial College, London and later vice chancellor of the University of Bath. He was also awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) by the University of Bath in 1983. He was also chairman of the Nuclear Physics Board of the Science Research Council.
He died in Cambridge from injuries sustained in a cycling accident.
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| Preceded by | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath 1976-1983 |
Succeeded by John Rodney Quayle |
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