James Stirling | |
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| Born | 4 February 1953 |
| Died | 9 November 2018 (aged 65) |
| Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge University |
| Awards | Smith's Prize (1978) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Durham University CERN Cambridge University University of Washington |
| Thesis | Deep Inelastic Processes in Asymptotically Free Theories (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Polkinghorne[1] |
William James Stirling CBE FRS FInstP (4 February 1953 – 9 November 2018) was a physicist who served as the first Provost of Imperial College London. He was appointed to this role in August 2013 and retired in August 2018.[2]
- ^ "DAMTP theses". DAMTP. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ^ "James Stirling to be Imperial's first Provost". Imperial College London. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.