Background
BURCHAM, William was born on August 1, 1913 in Norfolk. Son of Ernest Barnard Burcham and Edith Pitcher.
BURCHAM, William was born on August 1, 1913 in Norfolk. Son of Ernest Barnard Burcham and Edith Pitcher.
City of Norwich School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Lecturer, Fellow, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge 1945-1951. Demonstrator, Lecturer, University of Cambridge 1945-1951. Oliver Lodge Professor, of Physics, University of Birmingham 1951-1980, Emeritus Professor, of Physics since 1981.
Honorary Life Fellow, Coventry Polytechnic 1984.
Married 1st Isabella Mary Todd in 1942 (died in 1981), two daughter. Married 2nd Patricia Newton Marson in 1985.