| 词条 | Peter Williams (physicist) |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Sir Peter Williams | honorific_suffix = CBE, FREng,[1] FRS | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Peter Michael Williams | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1945|03|22}} | birth_place = | residence = | nationality = British | fields = Physics | workplaces = Selwyn College, Cambridge Imperial College London | other_names = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = Hymers College | alma_mater = Trinity College, Cambridge Selwyn College, Cambridge | thesis_title = Defect structure and luminescent properties of semiconductors | thesis_url = http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.477453 | thesis_year = 1969 | years_active = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = }} Sir Peter Michael Williams,[2] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|FRS|FREng}} (born 22 March 1945) is a British physicist. EducationWilliams was educated at Hymers College and completed his undergraduate degree at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1966,[3] and his PhD at Selwyn College, Cambridge with a thesis entitled "Defect structure and luminescent properties of semiconductors" in 1969. CareerHe began an academic career at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He then moved to industry and worked first at VG Instruments and later Oxford Instruments. He was chairman of Oxford Instruments from 1991 until his retirement in 1999.{{fact|date=November 2016}} Sir Peter is currently Chairman of the National Physical Laboratory and Vice-President and Treasurer of the Royal Society. He was previously Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford (2000–2002), President of the Institute of Physics (2000–2002), President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (2002–2003) and Chairman of the UK's Engineering and Technology Board (2001–2006).[4] He has been a member of the InterAcademy Council's Committee to Review the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that reported in August 2010. In 2005 Williams became the fifth chancellor of the University of Leicester. He was also appointed patron for research at Marie Curie Cancer Care. He retired from this position in 2010. In 2015 Williams was appointed Chairman of Kromek an innovative British tech company making detectors for the medical, security and nuclear sectors.[5] AwardsHe was elected as Fellow[1] of the Royal Academy of Engineering[1] in 1996. He received the CBE in 1992 and was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours list of 1998. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in May 1999. Other workHe was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1997-2000.[6] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=List of Fellows|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Birthday's today|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2012-3-22.html |work=The Telegraph|accessdate=20 April 2014|date=22 March 2012|quote=Sir Peter Williams, Chancellor, University of Leicester, 2005–10; Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford, 2000–2002, 67 }} 3. ^Cambridge University List of Members 1976 4. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.etechb.co.uk/uploads/Catalyst%2025.pdf | title = Sir Gareth Roberts appointed as chairman | format = PDF | accessdate = 8 February 2007 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060927053026/http://www.etechb.co.uk/uploads/Catalyst%2025.pdf | archivedate = 27 September 2006 | df = dmy-all }} 5. ^https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/11893339/Former-Oxford-Instruments-and-GKN-chief-returns-to-City.html 6. ^{{cite web |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03625063/officers?page=3|title=Directors|publisher=Companies House}} Further reading
| before=Raymond Plant | title=Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford | years=2000–2002 | after=Roger Ainsworth }}{{s-bef|before=Sir Michael Atiyah}}{{s-ttl|title=Chancellor of the University of Leicester|years=2005–2010}}{{s-vac|Vacant|next=The Lord Grocott}}{{s-end}}{{FRS 1999}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Peter}} 15 : 1945 births|Living people|People educated at Hymers College|Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge|Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge|Academics of Imperial College London|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Knights Bachelor|People associated with the University of Leicester|Masters of St Catherine's College, Oxford|Fellows of the Royal Society|Presidents of the Institute of Physics|Presidents of the British Science Association|Presidents of the Association for Science Education|Governors of Abingdon School |
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