Background
Barron, Thomas Hugh Kenneth was born on July 27, 1926 in Kew, Surrey, England. Son of Thomas Bertram and Florence Nightingale (Kingston) Barron.
Barron, Thomas Hugh Kenneth was born on July 27, 1926 in Kew, Surrey, England. Son of Thomas Bertram and Florence Nightingale (Kingston) Barron.
Student, Epsom College, Surrey, 1944. Master of Arts, D. Philosophy, Oxford University, England, 1955.
Postdoctoral fellow National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1955-1957, assistant research officer, 1957-1958. Lecturer chemistry University Bristol (England), 1958-1968, reader in theoretical chemistry, 1968-1977, head honours school chemical physics, 1976-1988, reader in chemical physics, 1977-1991. Principal research officer Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Sydney, Australia, 1975-1976.
With British Royal Navy, 1944-1947. Fellow Institute of Physics. Member American Physical Society.
Married Gillian Mary Sherrard, July 11, 1956. Children: Thomas Keith, William Hugh, James Richard, Ruth Margaret.