Conyers Herring

Conyers Herring
Conyers Herring
	Herring in 1959
Born	William Conyers Herring; November 15, 1914; Scotia, New York, U.S.
Died	July 23, 2009 (aged 94); Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Princeton University
Known for	Weyl semimetal; Nabarro–Herring creep; Holstein–Herring method
Awards	Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1959); NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (1980); Wolf Prize (1984/5);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Bell Labs; Stanford University;
Thesis	On Energy Coincidences in the Theory of Brillouin Zones (1937)
Doctoral advisor	Eugene Wigner

William Conyers Herring (November 15, 1914 – July 23, 2009) was an American physicist. He was a professor of applied physics at Stanford University and the Wolf Prize in Physics recipient in 1984/5.

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