Background
BATES, David was born on November 18, 1916 in Omagh, N. Ireland. Son of late Walter V. Bates and Mary O. Bates (nee Shera).
BATES, David was born on November 18, 1916 in Omagh, N. Ireland. Son of late Walter V. Bates and Mary O. Bates (nee Shera).
Royal Belfast Academical Institute, Queen"s University, Belfast, and University College, London.
With Admiralty Research Laboratory, Teddington, 1939-1942. With Mine Design Department.H.M.S. Vernon, 1941-1945. Lecturer in mathematics University College, London, 1945-1950, reader in physics, 1951.
Consultant United States Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, California, 1950.
Professor applied mathematics Queen"s University, Belfast, 1951-1968, professor theoretical physics, 1968-1974, special research chairman, 1968-1982. Smithsonian Regent"s fellow Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982-1983, research associate Harvard University, 1982-1983.
Fellow RoyalSoc.; member Royal Irish Academy, American Association for the Advancement of Science (foreign), National Academy Sciences United States (foreign associate), Royal Academy Belgium. Member British Association Advancement of Science (president physics section 1977), European Geophysical Society (honorary, established Sir David Bates medal 1992). Died January 5, 1994.
Married Barbara B. Morris in 1956.