Lawrence Michael Brown

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Lawrence Michael Brown FRS HonFRMS (born 18 March 1936) is a British material scientist. He is emeritus fellow at Robinson College, Cambridge. [1]

In 2017 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society (HonFRMS) for his contributions to microscopy. [2]

Life

He was W M Tapp fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

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References

  1. "Reporter Copyright © 2001 the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.//: ROBINSON COLLEGE".
  2. "Honorary Fellows". www.rms.org.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2017.