Robin Williams (physicist)
Professor Sir Robin Williams | |
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| 13th Chancellor of Bangor University | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | George Meyrick |
| Vice Chancellor of Swansea University | |
| Preceded by | Brian Clarkson (Principal) |
| Succeeded by | Richard Davies |
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| Born | Robert Hughes Williams December 22, 1941 |
Sir Robert Hughes Williams, CBE, FRS, FLSW, HonFInstP (born 22 December 1941), commonly known as Robin Williams, is a Welsh physicist and academic specialising in solid state physics and semiconductors, and Chancellor of Bangor University.
He was Vice-Chancellor of University of Wales, Swansea from 1994 to 2003, and taught at the New University of Ulster and University of Wales, College of Cardiff before then.[1][2][3]
Honours
[edit]In 1990, Williams was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), the United Kingdom's national academy for the sciences.[4] In 2010, he was elected a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW).[5]
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2004 New Year Honours for services to education and to the community in Swansea[6] and knighted in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to higher education, research and the Welsh language.[7]
Selected works
[edit]- Rhoderick, E. H.; Williams, R. H. (1988). Metal-semiconductor contacts (2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198593355.
- Morgan, D. V.; Williams, R. H., eds. (1991). Physics and technology of heterojunction devices. Stevenage: Peter Peregrinus. ISBN 9780863412042.
- Davies, G. J.; Williams, R. H. (1994). Semiconductor growth, surfaces, and interfaces (1st ed.). London: Published by Chapman & Hall for the Royal Society. ISBN 9780412577307.
References
[edit]- ^ "Williams, Prof. Robert Hughes, (Robin)". Who's Who 2019. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U40055. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Professor Robin Williams CBE, FRS". Higher Education Funding Council for Wales - hefcw. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2019 – HIGH AWARDS" (PDF). GOV.UK. 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Professor Robert Williams CBE FRS". Royal Society. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Yr Athro Robin Williams CBE HonFInstP FLSW FRS". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "No. 57155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2003. pp. 7–9.
- ^ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B2.
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