Peter Williams (physicist)

For other people of that name, see Peter Williams (disambiguation).

Sir Peter Williams CBE, FREng,^[1] FRS
Born	Peter Michael Williams (1945-03-22) 22 March 1945
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Occupation	Physicist

Sir Peter Michael Williams,^[2] CBE, FRS, FREng (born 22 March 1945) is a British physicist.

Williams completed his first degree and PhD with thesis titled Defect structure and luminescent properties of semiconductors at the University of Cambridge, and began an academic career at Selwyn College. He then moved to industry and worked first at VG Instruments and later Oxford Instruments. He was chairman of Oxford Instruments from 1991 until his retirement in 1999.

Sir Peter is currently Chairman of the National Physical Laboratory and Vice President and Treasurer of the Royal Society. He was previously Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford (2000–2002), President of the Institute of Physics (2000–2002), President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (2002–2003) and Chairman of the UK's Engineering and Technology Board (2001–2006).^[3] He has been a member of the Interacademy Council's Committee to Review the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that reported in August 2010.

He was elected as Fellow^[1] of the Royal Academy of Engineering^[1] in 1996.

He received the CBE in 1992 and was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours list of 1998. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in May 1999.

In 2005 Williams became the fifth chancellor of the University of Leicester. He was also appointed patron for research at Marie Curie Cancer Care. He retired from this position in 2010.

References

1 2 3 "List of Fellows".
↑ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2014. Sir Peter Williams, Chancellor, University of Leicester, 2005–10; Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford, 2000–2002, 67
↑ "Sir Gareth Roberts appointed as chairman" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-02-08.

Commentaries - Sir Peter Williams, Department of Trade & Industry, 2004
Patron Council Members (PDF), The BA, 2003
New Heads of House, Oxford Blueprint, 10 October 2002
New Chancellor Installed at Ceremony (PDF), Bulletin, University of Leicester, December 2005 / January 2006
Sir Peter Williams is new research patron, Marie Curie Cancer Care, 2005 news archive

Academic offices
Preceded by Raymond Plant	Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford 2000–2002	Succeeded by Roger Ainsworth
Preceded by Sir Michael Atiyah	Chancellor of the University of Leicester 2005–2010	Vacant Title next held by The Lord Grocott

Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1999

Fellows	Frances Ashcroft Anthony Barrett Rosa Beddington Derek Briggs Simon Campbell Ian Carmichael Lorna Casselton John Brian Clegg David Cockayne David Delpy Derek Denton Raymond Dixon Athene Donald Philip England Douglas Fearon Gary Gibbons Timothy Gowers Ron Grigg Alan Hall Peter L. Knight John Paul Maier Barry Marshall Iain Mattaj Ernest McCulloch John G. McWhirter John Mollon John Ockendon John Pethica Dolph Schluter John G. Shepherd Joseph Silk James Stirling Alfred G. Sykes Janet Thornton John F. Toland Tony Trewavas Alan Walker Graham Barry Warren Denis Weaire Peter M. Williams Robert Williamson Magdi Yacoub

Foreign	Robert Huber Marc Kirschner G. Ledyard Stebbins Gilbert Stork Edward Witten Richard Zare

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 39674333 BNF: cb15110683d (data)

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Peter Williams (physicist)

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