Tom Faber

Thomas Erle Faber (25 April 192727 July 2004) was a physicist and publisher, and he was a university lecturer at Cambridge for 35 years.

Early life and education Thomas Faber was born in London in 1927, the son of Sir Geoffrey Faber, a don at All Souls College, Oxford, and also the co-founder of the publishing house that later became Faber and Faber. His maternal grandfather, Sir Erle Richards, was the former Chichele Professor of Public International Law, Oxford. He was a Life Fellow, Praelector Rhetoricus from 1956 until 1962, and the Treasurer from 1963 until 1975 at Corpus Christi College.

Research Faber's academic research focused on three areas; superconductivity, liquid metals and liquid crystals. He worked together with John Ziman to develop a theory of liquid metals.

Personal life Faber had two sons and two daughters from his first wife, Penelope Morton, who died in 1983; and one son and one daughter with his second wife Elisabeth van Houts, whom he married in 1986.