Biography:Keith Burton
William Keith Burton (known as Keith Burton[1]) FRSE (12 October 1922 – 30 December 1996) was an English electrical engineer and theoretical physicist.[1][2]
Life
He was born in Manchester and attended Manchester Grammar School prior to studying Electrical Engineering at Manchester College of Technology. After graduating he gained a job with GEC, first at Heywood, then Wembley.[1]
From 1945 until 1951 he was employed as a theoretical physicist with ICI Ltd, being seconded to Bristol University for the final 4 years, lecturing under Nevill Francis Mott and Herbert Fröhlich. From 1951 onwards he lectured in Natural Philosophy at Glasgow University.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 3 March 1958.[3]
He died at his home in Milngavie near Glasgow on 30 December 1996.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wyllie, George. "William Keith Burton - Obituary". Royal Society of Edinburgh. http://www.rse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/burton_william.pdf.
- ↑ Alberty, Robert A. (2003). Thermodynamics of Biochemical Reactions. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 2. ISBN 978-0-471-22851-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=cxyBGj0rLAUC&pg=PA2.
- ↑ "Former RSE Fellows 1783 - 2002". https://www.rse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/all_fellows.pdf.
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