Flowers, B. H. (Brian Hilton), 1924-2010

Baron Flowers of Queen's Gate in the City of Westminster, b. 1924 (physics). Worked at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, in the Nuclear Physics and Theoretical Physics Divisions (1946-1950); University of Birmingham (1950-1952); head of Theoretical Physics Division, Harwell (1952-1958); University of Manchester professor of Theoretical Physics (1958-1961) and then Langworthy Professor of Physics and head of the Department (1961-1967); chairman of the Science Research Council (1967-1972); rector of Imperial College of Science and Technology, London (1973-1985); vice-chancellor of the University of London (1985-1990); chancellor of the University of Manchester (1994- ). Flowers played an active role in public life from the the 1960s, frequently acting as chairman of committees and other bodies. Flowers was elected FRS in 1961. He was knighted in 1969 and made a life peer in 1979.

From the description of Papers and correspondence of Brian Hilton Flowers, Baron Flowers of Queen's Gate in the City of Westminster, circa 1940-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306368

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