Sir Brian Pippard, 88, British physicist, Cavendish Professor of Physics (1971-1984).
In 1884 he became Cavendish Professor of Physics.
He was the second Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge (following James Clerk Maxwell), from 1879 to 1884.
A Cavendish Professor of Physics and Nobel Laureate, Nevill Mott, has cited this book.
Brian Pippard, its first President, was Cavendish Professor of Physics.
Sam Edwards becomes Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge.
In 1954 he was appointed Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge, a post he held until 1971.
His brother Richard is Cavendish Professor at the University of Cambridge.
The Cavendish Professors were the Heads of the Department up to Professor Pippard, when the roles were made separate.
In 1871, became the first Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge.