Runcorn, S. K.
Variant namesBorn Southport, Lancashire, 1922; educated at King George V School Southport; studied Mechanical Sciences Tripos at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, 1941 (graduated BA 1944, MA 1948); joined Radar Research and Development Establishment during war, 1943 - 1946; Assistant Lecturer in Physics, Manchester University, 1946 - 1948; Lecturer in Physics, Manchester University, 1948 - 1949; research under Blackett on Earth's magnetic field, awarded Ph.D 1949; Assistant Director of Research, Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, Cambridge University, 1950, working on palaeomagnetism; Chair of Physics, Kings College, University of Durham (later University of Newcastle upon Tyne), 1956 - 1988; Sydney Chapman Professor of Physics, university of Alaska, 1989; Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College London, 1989. Runcorn was murdered in a hotel room in San Diego, California, December 1995.
From the guide to the RUNCORN, Stanley Keith (1922 - 1995), 1936 - 1995, (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine)
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| referencedIn | Opdyke, Neil D. Oral history interview with Neil D. Opdyke, 1997. | American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library | |
| referencedIn | John Archibald Wheeler Papers, 1880-2008, 1880-2008 | American Philosophical Society | |
| creatorOf | RUNCORN, Stanley Keith (1922 - 1995), 1936 - 1995 | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | |
| referencedIn | William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century. | Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. |
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| associatedWith | Blackett Patrick Maynard Stuart 1897-1974 | person |
| associatedWith | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Opdyke, Neil D. | person |
| correspondedWith | Provine, William B. | person |
| associatedWith | University of Manchester | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008 | person |
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| San Diego (Calif.) |
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| Geomagnetism |
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Birth 1922
Death 1995
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