Background
Read, Peter Leonard was born on October 18, 1953 in London, England. Son of Leonard Frederick and Dorothy Helen Read.
Read, Peter Leonard was born on October 18, 1953 in London, England. Son of Leonard Frederick and Dorothy Helen Read.
Bachelor of Science in Physics with honors, Birmingham, England, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy in Radioastronomy, Cambridge, England, 1980. Master of Arts, Oxford, England, 1989.
Government service Meteorological Office, Bracknell, England, 1979—1991. Fellow, tutor in physics Trinity College, Oxford, since 1991. Lecturer University Oxford, 1991, titular reader in physics, 1999—2002, titular professor physics, since 2002.
Visiting professor Université d'Aix-Marseille I, France, 2003.
Fellow: Royal Meteorological Society (council member 2000, associate edition quarterly journal since 2000, secretary dynamical problem specialist group 1985-1995), Royal Astronomical Society. Member: Royal College Organists, European Geophysical Society (chair, interdisciplinary working group 1996—2000, Golden Badge award 2000).
Married Janette Dorothy Ann Kenny, July 28, 1979. Children: Elizabeth Helen Mary, Nicholas Peter Robert.