About Alan C. Burton
Lived 1904 – 1979 (aged 75). Alan C. Burton was a Canadian physicist, university teacher and biophysicist.
Alan C. Burton (April 18, 1904 – June 27, 1979) was an English-born Canadian physicist. He is considered a founding father of modern biophysics. and taught high school physics in England. At the age of 23, he came to Canada and studied physics as a graduate student at the University of Toronto, receiving his PhD in 1932. He continued his post-graduate studies at the University of Rochester and at the University of Pennsylvania. During World War II, Burton designed protective clothing for the Canadian military. He joined the University of Western Ontario after the war, where he founded the Department of Biophysics, leading it from 1948 to 1970.
Two of his graduate students described his career in the book Pioneer in Biophysics: Alan C. Burton 1904 to 1979.
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Who was Alan C. Burton?
English-born Canadian physician
When was Alan C. Burton born?
Alan C. Burton was born on 18 April 1904 in London.
When did Alan C. Burton die?
Alan C. Burton died on 27 June 1979.
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Alan C. Burton was a physicist, university teacher and biophysicist.
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Alan C. Burton was Canadian.
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