Henry Edmison Duckworth, OC FRSC was a Canadian physicist and university administrator.
Education
Born in Brandon, Manitoba, Duckworth received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1935, a Bachelor of Science degree in 1936, and a teaching certificate in 1937 from the University of Manitoba. In 1940, he continued his education, receiving a Doctor of Philosophy in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1942.
Career
From 1938 to 1940, he taught math and physics at secondary and junior colleges in Manitoba. During World World War II, he was a junior scientist with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals assigned to the National Research Council of Canada. After the war, he an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Manitoba from 1945 to 1946.
He then was a Professor of Physics at Wesleyan University from 1946 to 1951.
From 1951 to 1965, he was a Professor of Physics at McMaster University. From 1961 to 1965, he was the Dean of Graduate Studies at McMaster University.
In 1965, he was appointed vice-president academic at the University of Manitoba. From 1971 to 1981, he was the second president of the University of Winnipeg.
From 1986 to 1992, he was the tenth chancellor of the University of Manitoba.
From 1971 to 1972, he was the president of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2000, he released his memoirs One Version of the Facts: My Life in the Ivory Tower (). On December 18, 2008, he died after having suffered a series of strokes, that started shortly after his birthday.