Raymond Hide

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Raymond Hide (born May 17, 1929 in Doncaster , † September 6, 2016 ) was a British geophysicist .

Life

Hide acquired in 1950 at the Manchester University a Bachelor in Physics and in 1953 at Caius College of the University of Cambridge a Ph.D. in geophysics . He then worked as a research assistant at the Yerkes Observatory at the University of Chicago (United States) and as a researcher at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in Harwell (United Kingdom). In 1957 he received a position as a lecturer in physics at King's College, University of Durham (now Newcastle University ). In 1958, Hide married Ann License; the couple has three children. In 1961, Hide became Professor of Geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge , Massachusetts . In 1967 he moved to the UK Meteorological Office in Bracknell , whose Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory - Hide was the founder and director - later transferred to the University of Oxford , where Hide became Professor of Physics in 1990. In 1994 he retired , but in 2000 he took over the leadership of a research group at the Faculty of Mathematics at Imperial College London .

Act

In his more than 200 scientific publications, Hide was able to make important contributions to numerous areas of geophysics (including geomagnetism , meteorology , geodesy or oceanography ), planetology and geophysical fluid dynamics , especially magnetohydrodynamics . His work on rotating liquids was able to provide important insights into flow phenomena in the atmosphere, in oceans, but also inside planets, where magnetic fields are generated by a self-propelled magnetohydrodynamic dynamo.

Awards (selection)

Hide held honorary doctorates following universities: University of Cambridge (1969), University of Leicester (1985), University of Manchester (UMIST, 1994) and University of Paris (1995).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary , accessed February 13, 2017
  2. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter H. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved May 9, 2019 .
  3. ^ Fellows of the Royal Society (royalsociety.org); Retrieved December 29, 2012
  4. ^ Holweck medal recipients at the Institute of Physics (iop.org); Retrieved December 29, 2012
  5. ^ Raymond Hide at the Academia Europaea (ae-info.org); Retrieved December 29, 2012
  6. ^ Winners of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (ras.ac.uk); accessed on May 9, 2019.
  7. ^ Raymond Hide at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (casinapioiv.va); Retrieved December 29, 2012
  8. ^ 1997 William Bowie Medal Winner Raymond Hide at the American Geophysical Union (agu.org); Retrieved December 29, 2012
  9. ^ Hughes Medal at the Royal Society (royalsociety.org); Retrieved December 29, 2012
  10. ^ EGS Lewis Fry Richardson Medalist - 1999 at the European Geosciences Union (egu.eu); Retrieved December 29, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Hide, Raymond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British geophysicist
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Doncaster
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 2016