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]