Background
IRVINE, John was born on February 28, 1939 in Edinburgh. Son of John MacDonald Irvine and Joan Paterson Irvine.
IRVINE, John was born on February 28, 1939 in Edinburgh. Son of John MacDonald Irvine and Joan Paterson Irvine.
George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh and Manchester and of Michigan, United States of America.
Assistant Lecturer in Theoretical Physics, University of Manchester 1964-1966, lecturer 1968-1973, Senior Lecturer 1973-1976, Reader 1976-1983, Professor 1983-1991, Dean of Science 1989-1991. Principal and Vice-Chancellor University of Aberdeen since 1991. Research Association, LNS, Cornell University, United States of America 1966-1968.
Head of Nuclear Theory, SERC Daresbury Laboratory 1974-1978.
Council; President 87), European Physical Society since 1989. Chairman Nuclear Structure Committee SERC 1984-1988.
Institute of Physics 1981-1987, since 1988. Nuclear Physics Board and
Married Grace Ritchie in 1962.