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David Wallace (physicist)

British physicist

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name	Sir David Wallace
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image	Higgs, Peter (1929)2.jpg
caption	David Wallace (left) and Peter Higgs
birth_name	David James Wallace
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awards	{{Plainlist
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office	6th Master of Churchill College, Cambridge
term_start	2006
term_end	2014
successor	Athene Donald
predecessor	John Boyd
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workplaces	University of Cambridge
Princeton University
University of Southampton
Loughborough University
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
Harrow School
Institute of Physics
education	Hawick High School
alma_mater	University of Edinburgh (BSc, PhD)
thesis_title	Applications of current algebras and chiral symmetry breaking
thesis_url	http://hdl.handle.net/1842/13177
thesis_year	1971
doctoral_advisor	Peter Higgs
doctoral_students	Christopher Bishop
Neil Gunther

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Deputy Lieutenant
Harkness Fellowship}} Princeton University University of Southampton Loughborough University University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre Harrow School Institute of Physics Neil Gunther Sir David James Wallace (born 7 October 1945) is a British physicist and academic. and as Master of Churchill College, Cambridge from 2006 to 2014.

Early life and education

Wallace was born on 7 October 1945. He was educated at Hawick High School in Hawick, Scotland and went to the University of Edinburgh where he earned a degree in Mathematical Physics and a PhD in Elementary particle theory, under the supervision of Peter Higgs.

Career

After postdoctoral research work as a Harkness Fellow at Princeton University, Wallace became a physics lecturer at the University of Southampton in 1972.

In 1979 he became the fourth Tait Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Edinburgh, succeeding Nicholas Kemmer. He won the James Clerk Maxwell Medal and Prize in 1980. He became director of the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC) and in 1996 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his computing work.

Wallace is currently vice-president for physical sciences of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, of which he was made a Fellow of in 1982. He was formerly vice-president and treasurer of the Royal Society and chair of the Council for the Mathematical Sciences. From 1994 to January 2006 he was the vice-chancellor of Loughborough University. From 2006 to 2011 he served as director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge. Wallace has also been president of the Institute of Physics and Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 1998, and was a commissioner of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 from 2001 to 2011.

In 2014, the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Loughborough University launched a series of public lectures honouring Wallace. The Sir David Wallace lectures are hosted by the university. Speakers have included Cédric Villani and Michael Berry.

Personal life

Wallace married Elizabeth Yeats in 1970 and has a daughter, Sara.

References

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"Archive Version of Loughbourgh University: Vice-Chancellor's Office".
[http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2005080202 Cam.ac.uk: "Master Appointed to Churchill College]
[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080909065407/number10.gov.uk/page8002 Number-10.gov.uk: "Master Of Churchill College, Cambridge"] (via [[The National Archives (United Kingdom). The National Archives]], UK)
Anon. (2024). "Wallace, Sir David (James)". [[Oxford University Press]].
(7 Oct 2014). "Birthdays". Guardian News & Media.
Wallace, David. (1971). "Applications of Current Algebras and Chiral Symmetry Breaking". University of Edinburgh.
"List of Fellows".
"Royal Society of Edinburgh Council".
"Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20051031064748/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/press/dpp/2005062702 University of Cambridge: "Director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences appointed"]
"Sir David Wallace Lectures".

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