Person

Dalitz, Richard Henry (1925 - 2006)

FRS

Born
28 February 1925
Dimboola, Victoria, Australia
Died
13 January 2006
Oxford, United Kingdom
Occupation
Physicist

Summary

Richard Dalitz completed undergraduate studies in mathematics and physics at the University of Melbourne before undertaking a PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. Dalitz spent most of his career in the UK, with ten years spent at the University of Chicago, USA. Several discoveries in high energy physics are named after him, including the Dalitz pair, the Dalitz plot, and Castillejo-Dalitz-Dyson poles. He was elected as a corresponding member of the Australian Academy of Science in 1978, and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Melbourne in 1991.

Details

Chronology

1945
Education - Bachelor of Arts with honours (BA, hons.) in mathematics, The University of Melbourne
1946
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) physics, The University of Melbourne
c. 1946 - c. 1953
Career position - Research fellow, lecturer and reader in the Mathematical Physics Department at the University of Birmingham, UK
1950
Education - PhD in theoretical physics, University of Cambridge, UK
c. 1953 - c. 1963
Career position - Professor of Physics at the Enrico Fermi Institute of Nuclear Studies, University of Chicago, USA
1960
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
1963 - 1990
Career position - Royal Society Research Professor, University of Oxford, UK
1964 - 1990
Career position - Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, UK
1978
Award - Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science
1990 - 2006
Career position - Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, UK
1990 - 2006
Career position - Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford, UK
1991
Award - Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Science
1991
Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Richard Henry Dalitz - Records, 1948 - 2006, MS 041; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Journal Articles

Resources

Ailie Smith

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