Person
Dalitz, Richard Henry (1925 - 2006)
FRS
- Born
- 28 February 1925
Dimboola, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 13 January 2006
Oxford, United Kingdom - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Richard Dalitz completed undergraduate studies in mathematics and physics at the University of Melbourne before undertaking a PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. Dalitz spent most of his career in the UK, with ten years spent at the University of Chicago, USA. Several discoveries in high energy physics are named after him, including the Dalitz pair, the Dalitz plot, and Castillejo-Dalitz-Dyson poles. He was elected as a corresponding member of the Australian Academy of Science in 1978, and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Melbourne in 1991.
Details
Chronology
- 1945
- Education - Bachelor of Arts with honours (BA(Hons)) in mathematics, University of Melbourne
- 1946
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) physics, University of Melbourne
- c. 1946 - c. 1953
- Career position - Research fellow, lecturer and reader in the Mathematical Physics Department, University of Birmingham, UK
- 1950
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in theoretical physics, University of Cambridge, UK
- c. 1953 - c. 1963
- Career position - Professor of Physics at the Enrico Fermi Institute of Nuclear Studies, University of Chicago, USA
- 1960
- Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
- 1963 - 1990
- Career position - Royal Society Research Professor, University of Oxford, UK
- 1964 - 1990
- Career position - Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, UK
- 1978
- Award - Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science
- 1990 - 2006
- Career position - Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford, UK
- 1990 - 2006
- Career position - Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, UK
- 1991
- Award - Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Science
- 1991
- Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Richard Henry Dalitz - Records, 1948 - 2006, MS 041; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Obituraries: Richard Dalitz', Australian Academy of Science Newsletter (2006), 10. http://science.org.au/publications/newsletters/documents/aas64.pdf. Details
- Duarte, F. J., 'The probability amplitude equation of quantum entanglement: the Australian connection', Australian physics, 50 (1) (2013), 12-4. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q354856. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/79085302. Details
- 'Dalitz, R H (19250228-20060113)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-839198. Details
- 'Awarded honorary DSc, 1991', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 17 April 2012, Last modified: 10 August 2023