Thompson, M. W. (Michael Warwick)
Sir Michael Warwick Thompson papers and correspondence, 1949-1991.
The bulk of the material relates to Thompson's research and consists of notebooks, research papers and reports covering the period 1954-1986. The notebooks, 1957-1986, consist of rough notes on research carried out at AERE Harwell and the University of Sussex. There are also three notebooks of experimental results kept while Thompson was visiting Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Ontario in 1968. The research papers cover a similar period and were generally categorised by Thompson as either theoretical or experimental. The reports are United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Reports and relate to work carried out at AERE, Harwell. They were produced in the period 1957 to 1969. There is publications material 1949-1991 including significant documentation of Thompson's book "Defects and Radiation Damage in Metals", (Cambridge University Press, 1969) and documentation of his 1985 lecture "Violence and disorder in solid state." There is also a set of Thompson's off-prints. Thompson's period at the University of Sussex is represented by administrative and teaching material 1973-1980.
Physicist (1931- ). Education: Rydal School and the University of Liverpool (1953: first class honours degree in physics; Oliver Lodge Prize-winner). Research scientist at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berkshire (1953-1965).Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Sussex, Brighton from 1965 to 1980 (Visiting Professor of Experimental Physics from 1980-1986) and served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor from 1973 to 1977 (acting Vice-Chancellor in 1976). In 1980 Thompson was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia, Norwich. In 1987 he moved to the University of Birmingham as Vice-Chacellor and Principle, retiring in 1996. Thompson was knighted in 1991.
Thompson, M. W. (Michael Warwick)
Thompson, M. W. (Michael Warwick). Defects and radiation damage in metals.
Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell, England).
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.
Royal Military College of Canada.
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
University of Sussex. Dept. of Physics -- Administration.
University of Sussex. Dept. of Physics -- Faculty.
Nuclear physics.
Radiation.
Solid state physics.
Notebooks. aat aat aat
Reprints. aat aat
Physicists -- United Kingdom. lcsh
AIP-ICOS
University of Birmingham. Main Library. Information Services, Special Collections Dept., Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham B15 2TT