James Dungey
James Wynne Dungey ( January 30, 1923 - May 9, 2015 ) was a British physicist .
Life
Dungey studied at Magdalene College of Cambridge University and received his there Master of Arts and his Ph.D. From 1950 to 1953 he worked at the University of Sydney , from 1953 to 1954 at the Pennsylvania State University and from 1954 to 1947 at Cambridge. From 1957 to 1959 he was a lecturer at King's College in Newcastle upon Tyne (now Newcastle University ) and from 1959 to 1963 he worked at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment in Aldermaston . In 1963 he moved to Imperial College London , where he was professor of physics from 1965 to 1984.
In 1961, Dungey proposed a connection between the solar wind and the earth's magnetosphere to explain the aurora borealis by establishing a direct magnetic connection between the two.
He married in 1950 and has a son and daughter.
Awards
- 1973 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
- 1982 Chapman Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society
- 1990 Gold Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society
- 1991 Fleming Medal from the American Geophysical Union
- 1994 honorary member of the European Geophysical Society
Publications
- Cosmic electrodynamics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1958
literature
- Who's Who 2012 . 164th edition. A & C Black, London 2011, ISBN 978-1-4081-4229-5 , pp. 664 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Beautiful magnetic shorts. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
- ^ The magnetopause. Retrieved July 4, 2011 .
- ↑ Gold Medal Winners. Accessed May 27, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dungey, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dungey, James Wynne (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1923 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 2015 |