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Frank Nabarro | |
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 Frank Nabarro | |
| Born | Frank Reginald Nunes Nabarro 7 March 1916 |
| Died | 20 July 2006 (aged 90) |
| Known for | Peierls–Nabarro stress Nabarro–Herring creep |
| Awards | Beilby Medal and Prize (1949) Fellow of the Royal Society (1971) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Solid-state physics |
| Institutions | University of Birmingham University of Bristol University of the Witwatersrand |
| Academic advisors | Nevill Francis Mott |
Nabarro was a research fellow in physics at the University of Bristol in the late 1940s
Frank Reginald Nunes Nabarro MBE OMS FRS[1] (7 March 1916 – 20 July 2006) was an English-born South African physicist and one of the pioneers of solid-state physics, which underpins much of 21st-century technology.
- ^ Brown, L. M. (2009). "Frank Reginald Nunes Nabarro MBE. 7 March 1916 -- 20 July 2006". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 56: 273–283. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2009.0016.