Frank Barnaby

Frank Barnaby (1982)

Charles Frank Barnaby[1] (27 September 1927 – 1 August 2020)[2] was an English nuclear physicist who served as the Nuclear Issues Consultant to the Oxford Research Group, a freelance defence analyst, and a prolific author on military technology. He was based in the United Kingdom.[3]

He was born in Andover, Hampshire, and was educated at Andover Grammar School and the University of London.[2]

Barnaby trained as a nuclear physicist and worked at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston, between 1951 and 1957. He was on the senior scientific staff of the Medical Research Council (UK) when a university lecturer at University College London (1957–1967).

Barnaby was Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) from 1971 to 1981. In 1981, Barnaby became a founding member of the World Cultural Council.[4] He was a professor at the VU University Amsterdam 1981–85, and awarded the Harold Stassen Chair of International Relations at the University of Minnesota in 1985.[1] He also served as the Executive Secretary of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.[5]

He was married and has a son and a daughter.[2]

He died on 1 August 2020 at the age of 92.[6]

  1. ^ a b Frank Barnaby (14 June 2004), Expert opinion of Frank Charles Barnaby in the matter of Mordechai Vanunu (PDF), retrieved 16 December 2007
  2. ^ a b c "BARNABY Frank BSc, MSc, PhD". World Who's Who. Routledge. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. ^ Oxford Research Group: Staff and consultants Archived 2008-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "About Us". World Cultural Council. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Frank Barnaby - Parent of the Field". George Mason University. 2 June 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Obituary: Professor Frank Barnaby 1927-2020". Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.