About Richard M. Thorne
Lived 1942 – 2019 (aged 76). Richard M. Thorne was a physicist.
Richard Mansergh Thorne (July 25, 1942 – July 12, 2019) was an American physicist and a distinguished professor in the department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at UCLA. He was known for his contributions to space plasma physics. He was a fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Thorne graduated from Birmingham University in 1963 with a BS in mathematical physics. In 1968 he received a PhD in physics from MIT. The astronomer Alar Toomre was his advisor; his thesis was titled On the distribution of interstellar gas in the galaxy.
In 1968 Thorne joined the department of meteorology at UCLA (now the department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences). In 2000 he was appointed distinguished professor He retired in 2015.
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Who was Richard M. Thorne?
American physicist (1942-2019)
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Richard M. Thorne was born on 25 July 1942.
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Richard M. Thorne died on 12 July 2019.
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Richard M. Thorne was a physicist.
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