Philip Dee
Philip (Ivor) Dee (born April 8, 1904 in King's Cross, District Stroud , † April 17, 1983 ) was a British physicist.
He studied at Sidney College and Pembroke College and worked as a research fellow at Cavendish Laboratory in the 1930s and as a lecturer in physics from 1934 to 1943.
During the war, he led a team of scientists who developed new airborne radar systems, code-named Village Inn . On October 26, 1941, he had the H2S ready. In 1943 he was awarded the OBE and in 1946 the CBE (third and fourth stages of the Order of the British Empire ).
In 1943 Dee was appointed to the chair of natural philosophy at the University of Glasgow . In 1946 he obtained state funding for the construction of a 30 MeV electron synchrotron at the university for research in particle physics. Two years later a 300 MeV version was built.
In 1946 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . In 1952 he won the Hughes Medal for his outstanding studies on the decay of atomic nuclei, in particular the use of the Wilson chamber technique. He retired in 1972 and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Strathclyde in 1980 .
supporting documents
- ^ University of Glasgow: Biography of Philip Dee
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 20, 2019 .
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| SURNAME | Dee, Philip |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dee, Philip Ivor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | King's Cross, District Stroud |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1983 |