John Dainton

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John Bourke Dainton FRS is a British physicist, and Sir James Chadwick Professor of Physics, at University of Liverpool. [1] Dainton was awarded the Max Born Prize in 1999.

His father was Frederick Dainton, Baron Dainton. He was founding director of the Cockcroft Institute. [2]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2002 [3] and in 2018 he became Editor of the Royal Society journal, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A . [4]

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References

  1. "John Dainton", University of Liverpool
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-12-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. https://royalsociety.org/people/john-dainton-11297/
  4. http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/editorial-board