| George Richard Pickett | |
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| Born | (1939-04-10)10 April 1939 |
| Died | 21 July 2024(2024-07-21) (aged 85) Lancaster, Lancashire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Bedford Modern School |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Known for | Low Temperature Physics |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Lancaster University |
George Richard Pickett FRS (10 April 1939 – 21 July 2024) was a British physicist who was Professor of Low Temperature Physics at Lancaster University.
Life and career
Pickett was born on 10 April 1939. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Magdalen College, Oxford (BA 1962; DPhil).
Pickett was a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and then Head of the Department of Physics at Lancaster University. In the 1996 Nobel Prize citation of physicist David Lee, credit was given to Pickett and his research group for their work on He.
In 1988, Pickett was elected a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. In 1997 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 2006 a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1998 he was awarded the Simon Memorial Prize.
In 2023 he was awarded an honorary degree by the Slovak Academy of Sciences. He died in Lancaster, Lancashire on 21 July 2024, at the age of 85.
References
- ^ "Pickett, Prof. George Richard, Professor of Low Temperature Physics, University of Lancaster, 1988, now Distinguished Professor". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U30829. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
- "Professor George Pickett - Physics at Lancaster University". Physics.lancs.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- "Science and Technology at Lancaster University". Lancaster.ac.uk=. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- "Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia". Acadsci.fi. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- "Science and Technology at Lancaster University - International Honour for Low Temperature Physicist". Lancaster.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- "Simon Memorial Prize: past winners". IOP. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- "Slovak Academy of Sciences awards honorary degree to Professor George Pickett". Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- "George Pickett, physicist whose team achieved the lowest temperature ever recorded – obituary". The Telegraph. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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