David Wallace (physicist)
Sir David James Wallace, CBE, FRS, FRSE, FREng (born 7 October 1945) is a British physicist and academic. He was the Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University from 1994 to 2005, and the Master of Churchill College, Cambridge from 2006 to 2014.
Sir David Wallace CBE FRS FRSE | |
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David Wallace (left) and Peter Higgs | |
| 6th Master of Churchill College, Cambridge | |
| In office 2006–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Sir John Boyd |
| Succeeded by | Dame Athene Donald |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David James Wallace 7 October 1945 |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Anne Yeats |
| Awards | Order of the British Empire Fellow of the Royal Society Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Deputy Lieutenant Harkness Fellowship Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Website | www |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Princeton University University of Southampton Loughborough University University of Edinburgh EPCC Harrow School Institute of Physics |
| Thesis | Applications of current algebras and chiral symmetry breaking (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Higgs |
| Doctoral students | Christopher Bishop Neil Gunther |
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