Brian Pippard

Brian Pippard
Brian Pippard
Born(1920-09-07)7 September 1920
Died21 September 2008(2008-09-21) (aged 88)
Cambridge, England
Alma materClare College, Cambridge
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society
Hughes Medal (1960)
Holweck Medal (1961)
Heineman Prize (1969)
Onsager Medal (2005)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
Notable studentsBrian David Josephson
John Shepherd
John Clarke
1st President of Clare Hall, Cambridge
In office
1966–1973
Succeeded bySir Robert Honeycombe

Sir Alfred Brian Pippard, FRS (7 September 1920 – 21 September 2008),[1] was a British physicist. He was Cavendish Professor of Physics from 1971 until 1982 and an Honorary Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, of which he was the first President.

  1. ^ Longair, M. S.; Waldram, J. R. (2009). "Sir Alfred Brian Pippard. 7 September 1920 -- 21 September 2008". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 55: 201–220. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2009.0014.

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