Born:(1907-09-21)21 September 1907, Norwich, Norfolk, England
Died:3 April 1980(1980-04-03) (aged 72), La Jolla, California. United States
Awards:Hughes Medal (1953), The Chree Medal and Prize (1957), Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society, Wollaston Medal (1967), Vetlesen Prize (1968), Royal Medal (1975), William Bowie Medal (1975), Maurice Ewing Medal (1978)
Fields:Geophysics
Thesis:1. Electron scattering. 2. Pendulum Observations. (1932)
Known for:Dynamo theory
Alma mater:University of Cambridge
Preceded by:Edward Victor Appleton (Acting)
Institutions:British Admiralty, National Physical Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Succeeded by:Reginald Leslie Smith-Rose (Acting)
Doctoral advisor:Patrick Blackett
Doctoral students:Thomas Gaskell, Harvey Gellman, Robert Ladislav Parker, Nigel Weiss