Background
Runcorn, Stanley Keith was born on November 19, 1922 in Southport, Lanc., England. Son of William Henry and Lily Idina (Roberts) Runcorn.
Runcorn, Stanley Keith was born on November 19, 1922 in Southport, Lanc., England. Son of William Henry and Lily Idina (Roberts) Runcorn.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, 1944; Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1948; Doctor of Science, Cambridge University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Manchester, 1949.
Scientific officer, Radar Research and Development Establishment, Malvern, 1943-1946;
lecturer, physics department, Manchester University, 1946-1949;
fellow, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, England, 1948-1955;
assistant director research department of geodesy and geophysics, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, England, 1950-1955;
professor physics, Kings College/Durham University, 1956-1963;
head department physics, U. Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1963-1988;
Sydney Chapman Professor of physical science, U. Alaska, since 1988;
research associate, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, 1957-1972;
senior research fellow, Imperial College, London, since 1988. Visiting professor California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1957, University of California at Los Angeles, 1975. Hitchcock Foundation Professor University of California, Berkeley, 1981.
J. Ellerton Becker fellow Australian Academy Science, Canberra, 1963. Visiting scholar Sydney U., 1991, 93;Halley lectures University of Oxford, 1973.
Fellow Royal Society. Member Pontifical Academy Science, Royal Netherland Academy.Arts Science, Royal Norwegian Academy Science Letters, Indian National Academy Sciences, Academia Europaea, Bavarian Academy Sciences, Union Society Newcastle Upon Tyne.