Samuel Devons

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Samuel Devons FRS (September 30, 1914-December 6, 2006) was a British physicist.

Devons, son of a Lithuanian immigrant, was born in Bangor, Wales. In 1935 he received his bachelor's degree at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1939 his PhD. During World War II he served as scientific officer in the Air Ministry on antiaircraft barrages, as well as on microwaves and radar.

He was Lecturer in Physics, University of Cambridge, 1946-49, Professor of Physics, Imperial College London, 1950-55 and Langworthy Professor of Physics and Director of Physical Laboratories, University of Manchester, 1955-60.

Samuel Devons was Professor of Physics at Columbia University, New York, 1960-85, Department Chair, 1963-67 and Professor Emeritus until his death in 2006.

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• http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/12/devon061212.html
• http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2121638.ece Obituary