Background
Brown, Michael Ewart was born July 12, 1938 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of Sydney Arthur Ewart and Joan Caroline (Sweeny) Brown.
Brown, Michael Ewart was born July 12, 1938 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of Sydney Arthur Ewart and Joan Caroline (Sweeny) Brown.
Bachelor of Science with honors, University Witwatersrand, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Rhodes University, 1966.
Junior lecturer Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1962-1965, lecturer South Africa, 1967-1970, senior lecturer South Africa, 1971-1977, associate professor South Africa, 1978-1985, professor South Africa, since 1986; Research officer Chamber of Mines, Johannesburg, 1966; Leverhulme fellow Queen's University, Belfast, 1971; visiting fellow Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England, 1980; visiting researcher ICI, Scotland, 1989; visiting professor Queen's University, 1989; dean of science Rhodes University, 1986-1992. Author: Introduction to Thermal Analysis, 1988, Thermal Decomposition of Ionic Solids, 1999; contributor articles to professional journals.
Fellow Royal Society South Africa.
Spouse Cynthia Millicent Aylmeré Kay, December 11, 1965.