John Clifton
Medical physicist
About John Clifton
Lived 1930 – 2023 (aged 92–93). John Clifton was a medical physicist.
John Stephen Clifton FInstP, FIPEM (April 1930 – 20 January 2023) was a British medical physicist.
Early life and education Clifton studied at the University of Southampton, graduating in 1955 and then worked at the Royal South Hants Hospital.
Career In 1957 he obtained a position at University College Hospital Medical School becoming head of the medical physics department in 1962.
Awards and recognition The John Clifton Prize, initiated in 2011, is awarded by University College London "for the most outstanding performance by a non-final-year undergraduate", in his honour.
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Who was John Clifton?
medical physicist
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John Clifton was born on 17 January 1930.
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John Clifton died in 2023.
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John Clifton was a medical physicist.
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John Clifton's recorded nationality: British people.
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