Professor Eric Henry Stoneley Burhop

Professor of physics
Born
31 January 1911, Hobart, Tasmania
Died
22 January 1980, Camden (Middlesex), England
Sex
Male
Father
Henry Augustus Burhop (Salvation Army offr)
Mother
Bertha Head (Salvation Army offr)
Married Winifred Ida Stevens

Degrees

1931Bachelor of ScienceThe University of Melbourne
1932Bachelor of Arts with HonoursThe University of Melbourne
1933Master of ScienceThe University of Melbourne

Career

  • PhD Cantab 1938.
  • FRS 1963.
  • Physicist.
  • Worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb.
  • Prof of Physics, Univ Coll Lond 1960-78.

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Notes

Religious affiliation is The Salvation Army.
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