George Pickett (physicist)
British physicist (1939–2024)
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George Richard Pickett FRS (10 April 1939 – 21 July 2024) was a British physicist who was Professor of Low Temperature Physics at Lancaster University.[1][2]
George Richard Pickett | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 April 1939 |
| Died | 21 July 2024 (aged 85) Lancaster, Lancashire, England |
| Education | Bedford Modern School |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Known for | Low Temperature Physics |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Lancaster University |
Life and career
Pickett was born on 10 April 1939. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Magdalen College, Oxford (BA 1962; DPhil).[1]
Pickett was a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and then Head of the Department of Physics at Lancaster University.[1] In the 1996 Nobel Prize citation of physicist David Lee, credit was given to Pickett and his research group for their work on 3He.[3]
In 1988, Pickett was elected a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.[4] In 1997 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society[1] and in 2006 a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[5] In 1998 he was awarded the Simon Memorial Prize.[6]
In 2023 he was awarded an honorary degree by the Slovak Academy of Sciences.[7] He died in Lancaster, Lancashire on 21 July 2024, at the age of 85.[8]
