Michael A. Brown | |
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2nd Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University | |
In office 2000–2011 | |
Succeeded by | Nigel Weatherill |
Chancellor | Cherie Blair,QC Brian May,CBE |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 May 1946 78) Hereford,England | (age
Spouse | Andrea Kathleen |
Children | Steve Christopher and Sally Melissa |
Michael A. Brown,CBE,DL,FInstP,FIET,FRSA, [1] (born 19 May 1946) was the 2nd Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University in Liverpool,England,United Kingdom [2] between 2000 and 2011.
He attended Bridgend Grammar School for Boys. In 1971,he obtained his PhD at the University of Nottingham with a thesis entitled Investigation of Phonon Scattering and Cross-relaxation by Paramagnetic Ions Using Thermal Conductivity Techniques. [3]
In May 2011,Michael Brown delivered the 100th lecture of the Liverpool John Moores University Roscoe Lectures at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall,as named after by William Roscoe. [4]
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