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Published as SubjectErnest Keeling Warburton
Dates
April 26, 1928 – May 9, 1994
Authorized Form of Name
Warburton, Ernest Keeling
Biography
Abstract
Ernest Warburton was Senior Physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (1968-1994). Other institutional affiliations included Princeton University. His research interests included theoretical and experimental investigations of nuclear structure.
Important Dates
April 26, 1928Birth, Worcester (Mass.).
1949Obtained BA, Miami University, Oxford (Ohio).
1951Obtained SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1957Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1958 – 1961Instructor to Assistant Professor of Physics, Princeton University.
1961 – 1994Associate Physicist (1961-1963); Physicist (1963-1968); and Senior Physicist (1968-1994), Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton (N.Y.).
1963 – 1964National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow, Oxford University.
1968 – 1969National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow, Oxford University.
1994Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
May 9, 1994Death, Port Jefferson (N.Y.).
Occupation
Nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Bargmann, V. (Valentine), 1908-1989
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Cool, Rodney L. (Rodney Lee), 1920-1988
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Goudsmit, Samuel A. (Samuel Abraham), 1902-1978
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Shenstone, A. G. (Allen Goodrich)
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Smyth, Henry De Wolf, 1898-1986
Both employed at Princeton University.
Tape, Gerald Frederick, 1915-2005
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Wightman, A. S. (Arthur Strong), 1922-2013
Both employed at Princeton University.
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Both employed at Princeton University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Associate Physicist; Physicist; and Senior Physicist.
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Instructor to Assistant Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1994 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Obtained SB (1951).
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
Obtained BA (1949).
University of Oxford. Department of Physics
National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow.
University of Pittsburgh. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (1957).