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Ernest Keeling Warburton

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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

Worcester (Mass.)

Undergraduate Education

Oxford (Ohio)

Cambridge (Mass.)

Graduate Education

Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Employment

Upton (N.Y.)

Death

Port Jefferson (N.Y.)

Subjects

Nuclear physics.

Nuclear structure.

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Adair, Robert K., 1924-

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Aronson, Samuel, 1942-

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Bargmann, V. (Valentine), 1908-1989

Both employed at Princeton University.

Bleakney, Walker, 1901-1992

Both employed at Princeton University.

Blume, Martin, 1932-

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Casten, R.

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Cool, Rodney L. (Rodney Lee), 1920-1988

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Coppersmith, Susan Nan

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Courant, Ernest D. (Ernest David), 1920-

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Cronin, James W., 1931-2016

Both employed at Princeton University.

Davis, Raymond, 1914-2006

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry)

Both employed at Princeton University.

Emery, V. J. (Victor J.)

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Fitch, Val L., 1923-2015

Both employed at Princeton University.

Frazer, Benjamin Chalmers

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Goldberger, Marvin L.

Both employed at Princeton University.

Goldhaber, Gertrude S. -1998

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Goldhaber, Maurice, 1911-2011

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.

Johnson, Peter D., 1952-

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

McTague, John P.

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Misner, Charles W.

Both employed at Princeton University.

Palmer, Robert B., 1934-

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Pines, David, 1924-2018

Both employed at Princeton University.

Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Samios, Nicholas P.

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Schwartz, Melvin, 1932-2006

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Shenstone, A. G. (Allen Goodrich)

Both employed at Princeton University.

Shirane, G.

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.

Treiman, Sam B.

Both employed at Princeton University.

Vineyard, G. H.

Both employed at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008

Both employed at Princeton University.

Wick, G. C. (Gian Carlo)

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

American Physical Society

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).

Resources

Published Resources

Subject

Ernest Keeling Warburton Physics Today obituary.