Daphne Jackson

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Daphne Frances Jackson (born September 23, 1936 in Peterborough , † February 8, 1991 in Guildford ) was a British nuclear physicist . In 1971 she became the first Professor of Physics in the UK.

Daphne Jackson was born in Peterborough in 1936. Her father worked on machine tools and her mother was a textile designer . Jackson attended the Peterborough County Grammar School for Girls . She then studied physics at Imperial College London as only one of two female students alongside 88 men.

At the invitation of Lewis Elton , she moved to the University of Surrey to study nuclear physics. She became a lecturer and received her PhD in 1962. Nine years later, Jackson of Great Britain was appointed First Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey. She later also became dean of the university and vice president of the Physics Institute.

Jackson stood up for women's rights. She wrote the quote Imagine a society that would allow Marie Curie to stack shelves in a supermarket simply because she took a career break for family reasons ( Imagine a society that would only allow Marie Curie to stack shelves in a supermarket pile up just because she took a career break for family reasons. ) In 1991 she died of cancer .

Awards and honors

In 1987 she was awarded the Order of the British Empire . She became a Fellow of the Institute of Physics .

In her honor, the Daphne Jackson Trust was founded as an independent British charity based in the Faculty of Physics at the University of Surrey , one year after her death , to provide scholarships to scientists to support their careers after a career break of several years.

The Institute of Physics will honor her with the Daphne Jackson Medal and Prize starting in 2016 "for extraordinary early career contributions to physics education and to expand participation in it".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Biography of Daphne Jackson , Daphne Jackson Trust, accessed October 26, 2018
  2. ^ First female physics professor , New Scientist , September 21, 1972
  3. ↑ Memorandum to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Innovation, Universities and Skills, Memorandum 50 . March 27, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2012: "Professor Daphne Jackson"
  4. ^ Daphne Jackson Medal and Prize Institute of Physics
personal data
SURNAME Jackson, Daphne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jackson, Daphne Frances
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nuclear physicist and first British physics professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Peterborough
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1991
Place of death Guildford