James Stirling (physicist)

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.

James Stirling

Born(1953-02-04)4 February 1953
Died9 November 2018(2018-11-09) (aged 65)
Alma materPeterhouse, Cambridge University
AwardsSmith's Prize (1978)
Scientific career
InstitutionsDurham University
CERN
Cambridge University
University of Washington
ThesisDeep Inelastic Processes in Asymptotically Free Theories (1979)
Doctoral advisorJohn Polkinghorne
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