John G. King (physicist)

John G. King
Born1925
London, England
DiedJune 15, 2014
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
AwardsOersted Medal (2000)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis The hyperfine structure and nuclear moments of the stable bromine isotopes  (1953)
Doctoral advisorJerrold R. Zacharias

John Gordon King (1925–2014[1]) was an English-born American physicist who was the Francis Friedman Professor of Physics (emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[2] the former director of MIT’s Molecular Beam Laboratory,[3] and the former associate director of MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics.[4][5]

  1. ^ Marquard, Bryan (July 6, 2014). "John G. King, 88; MIT professor". Boston Globe. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  2. ^ "People Directory". MIT. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  3. ^ Bogatin, Eric (12 April 2000). "Professor King Honored by Students, Peers". MITnews. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  4. ^ "MIT research lab". MIT.
  5. ^ "People". King, John G. MIT Museum Collections. Retrieved 20 September 2011.