About John Derek Dowell
Born 1935. John Derek Dowell is a physicist.
John Derek Dowell FRS (born 6 January 1935) is a British physicist, emeritus professor at University of Birmingham.
Born in Leicestershire, he was educated at Coalville Grammar School and the University of Birmingham (BSc, PhD).
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1986 and a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2003.
In July 2002, a symposium was held in his honour, as he retired in September of that year.
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