John Newton Dodd

John Newton Dodd
Born (1922-04-19)19 April 1922
Hastings, New Zealand
Died 20 May 2005(2005-05-20) (aged 83)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Residence New Zealand
Fields Atomic spectroscopy, nuclear physics
Institutions University of Otago
Alma mater University of Birmingham
Thesis Proton scattering experiments: a study of the elastic and inelastic scattering of protons from gold, aluminium, magnesium and carbon (1952)
Notable awards Hector Medal (1976)

John Newton "Jack" Dodd (19 April 1922 – 20 May 2005) was a New Zealand physicist who worked in the field of atomic spectroscopy.

Born in Hastings in 1922,[1] Dodd attended the University of Otago, graduating with an MSc with first-class honours in 1946.[2] After a PhD at the University of Birmingham, he returned to the University of Otago to take up a lectureship. He was awarded a professorial chair in 1965 and retired in 1988.[1]

Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1964,[3] he won the society's Hector Medal, then the highest prize in New Zealand science, in 1976.[4]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 Ballagh, Rob. "John Newton Dodd". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Da–Do". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. "The Academy: D–F". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. "Hector Medal". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

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