Kenneth William Allen (17 November 1923 – 2 May 1997) was Professor of

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'' stated that "Allen will be best remembered for his outstanding contributions to nuclear structure physics and for his advocacy of the use of electrostatic nuclear accelerators in other areas of science. Accelerators – otherwise known as "atom smashers" – are machines used for studying nuclear reactions by creating beams of high-energy particles." Kenneth Allen was educated at:

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;

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( Drapers' Scholar);

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(PhD (Cantab) 1947).

Career

* Physics Division,

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, 1947–1951 * Leverhulme Research Fellow and Lecturer,

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, 1951–1954 * Deputy Chief Scientist,

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, 1954–1963 * Professor of Nuclear Structure, 1963–1991,

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, from 1991, and Head of Department of Nuclear Physics, 1976–1979 and 1982–1985, University of Oxford

Other offices held

* Fellow, 1963–1992, Emeritus Fellow, from 1992,

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(Estates Bursar, 1980–1983 and 1991–1993) * Senior Visiting Scientist,

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, 1988-9 * Member, Nuclear Physics Board,

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, 1970–1973

References

External links

Kenneth William Allen archival papers
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University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
1923 births 1997 deaths English physicists English nuclear physicists People educated at Ilford County High School Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford Alumni of the University of London Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Academics of the University of Liverpool Accelerator physicists {{UK-scientist-stub