Background
Pease, Rendel Sebastian was born on November 2, 1922 in Cambridge, England. Son of Michael Stewart and Helen (Wedgwood) Pease.
Pease, Rendel Sebastian was born on November 2, 1922 in Cambridge, England. Son of Michael Stewart and Helen (Wedgwood) Pease.
Bachelor, National Science University, Cambridge, 1942. Master of Arts, University Cambridge, 1947. Doctor of Science, University Cambridge, 1964.
Science officer operational research department Royal Air Force Bomber Command, High Wycombe, United Kingdom, 1942-1946. Science officer Ministry of Supply, Harwell, 1947-1964. Director Culham Laboratory United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Abingdon, 1967-1981.
Director fusion research United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, London, 1981-1987. Consultant Pease Partners, Newbury, 1988-1999. Visiting scientist Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1964-1965.
Chairman International Fusion Research Council, Vienna, 1976-1984. Chairman British Pugwash Group, London, 1988. Council member Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, since 1992.
Visiting professor University New South Wales, Australia, 1988, 91.
Editor: Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions, 1965, (with Hill Peierls, Rotblat) Does Britain Need Nuclear Weapons?, 1995. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Councillor West Ilsley Parish Council, 1988-2000. Fellow Institute Physics (vice president 1973-1977, president 1978-1980), Institute Electrical Engineers, Royal Society (vice president 1986-1987), American Institute Physics, European Nuclear Society (honorary fellow), Institute Nuclear Engineers.
Music.
Married Susan Spickernell, August 9, 1952 (deceased 1996). Children: Rosamund, Sarah, Christopher, Roland, Rowan. Married Jean Francis White, 1998 (deceased 2000).