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| doctoral_advisor = [[Harrie Massey]] | | doctoral_advisor = [[Harrie Massey]] | ||
| doctoral_students = [[M. J. Seaton|Michael J. Seaton]] | | doctoral_students = [[M. J. Seaton|Michael J. Seaton]], [[John T. Lewis]], [[Derrick Crothers]] | ||
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| awards = {{no wrap|[[Hughes Medal]] {{small|(1970)}}<br />[[The Chree Medal and Prize]] {{small|(1973)}}}} | | awards = {{no wrap|[[Hughes Medal]] {{small|(1970)}}<br />[[The Chree Medal and Prize]] {{small|(1973)}}}} | ||
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Working at [[University College London]] from 1945 until 1951, he then returned once more to the Queen's University, Belfast where he founded the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Although he officially retired in 1982 he continued to work in the department as an emeritus professor until his death.<ref name="frs"/> | Working at [[University College London]] from 1945 until 1951, he then returned once more to the Queen's University, Belfast where he founded the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Although he officially retired in 1982 he continued to work in the department as an emeritus professor until his death.<ref name="frs"/> | ||
His contributions to science include seminal works on [[atmospheric physics]], [[molecular physics]] and the chemistry of [[interstellar cloud]]s. He was [[knight]]ed in 1978 for his services to science, was a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]]<ref name="frs"/> and vice-president of the [[Royal Irish Academy]]. In 1970 he won the [[Hughes Medal]]. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1974.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=21 May 2011}}</ref> | His contributions to science include seminal works on [[atmospheric physics]], [[molecular physics]] and the chemistry of [[interstellar cloud]]s. He was [[knight]]ed in 1978 for his services to science, was a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]]<ref name="frs"/> and a member and then vice-president of the [[Royal Irish Academy]]. In 1970 he won the [[Hughes Medal]]. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1974.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=21 May 2011}}</ref> | ||
Bates was a lifelong advocate of peace and a non-sectarian Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the [[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland]]. He was married to Barbara Morris in 1956 and they had two children.<ref name="biogencastron">{{cite book | Bates was a lifelong advocate of peace and a non-sectarian Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the [[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland]]. He was married to Barbara Morris in 1956 and they had two children.<ref name="biogencastron">{{cite book | ||
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* [http://www.tampa.phys.ucl.ac.uk/amp/ AMOP Group at University College London] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230053220/http://www.tampa.phys.ucl.ac.uk/amp/ |date=30 December 2006 }} | * [http://www.tampa.phys.ucl.ac.uk/amp/ AMOP Group at University College London] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230053220/http://www.tampa.phys.ucl.ac.uk/amp/ |date=30 December 2006 }} | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005071803/http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/awards-and-medals/award/portrait-david-robert-bates.html Biography by EGU] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005071803/http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/awards-and-medals/award/portrait-david-robert-bates.html Biography by EGU] | ||
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[[Category:Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]] | [[Category:Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]] | ||
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:EngvarB Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". Sir David Robert Bates Template:Post-nominals[1] (18 November 1916 – 5 January 1994) was a Northern Irish mathematician and physicist.[2]
Born in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, he moved to Belfast with his family in 1925, attending the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. He enrolled with the Queen's University of Belfast in 1934. In 1939 he became a research student under Harrie Massey.
During the Second World War he worked at the Admiralty Mining Establishment where he developed methods of protecting ships from magnetically activated mines.
Working at University College London from 1945 until 1951, he then returned once more to the Queen's University, Belfast where he founded the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Although he officially retired in 1982 he continued to work in the department as an emeritus professor until his death.[1]
His contributions to science include seminal works on atmospheric physics, molecular physics and the chemistry of interstellar clouds. He was knighted in 1978 for his services to science, was a Fellow of the Royal Society[1] and a member and then vice-president of the Royal Irish Academy. In 1970 he won the Hughes Medal. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1974.[3]
Bates was a lifelong advocate of peace and a non-sectarian Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. He was married to Barbara Morris in 1956 and they had two children.[4]
The Mathematics Building at Queens University Belfast, is named after him.
Two scientific awards have been created in his honour; the David Bates Medal of the European Geophysical Society is awarded yearly for outstanding contributions to planetary and solar system science,[5] and the Institute of Physics have the David Bates Prize, awarded in even dated years, for distinguished achievement in atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics.
See also
References
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External links
- Dept of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, QUB
- AMOP Group at University College London Template:Webarchive
- Biography by EGU
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- 1916 births
- 1994 deaths
- 20th-century mathematicians from Northern Ireland
- 20th-century physicists from Northern Ireland
- Academics of Queen's University Belfast
- Academics of University College London
- Admiralty personnel of World War II
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
- Knights Bachelor
- Members of the Royal Irish Academy
- People from Omagh
- Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Scientists from County Tyrone