Eric Fawcett

Eric Fawcett (August 23, 1927 – September 2, 2000), was a professor of physics at the University of Toronto for 23 years. He also co-founded Science for Peace.

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August 23 - 1927 - September 2 - 2000 - Physics - University of Toronto - Science for Peace

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Born in Blackburn, England in 1927, Fawcett's passion for study and hard work helped him escape the hand-to-mouth existence of Depression-era Lancashire by winning a full scholarship to study physics at University of Cambridge. After graduation, he crossed the Atlantic with his new bride Patricia Fawcett to take up a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Research Council in Ottawa in 1954. Two years later Fawcett returned to England, where Fawcett worked at the Royal Radar Establishment in Malvern. In 1961 he moved to the United States, where Fawcett worked as a research physicist at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. In 1970, he accepted a Professorship in the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto, where he remained until his retirement in 1993.

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Blackburn - England - Depression - Lancashire - University of Cambridge - Patricia Fawcett - National Research Council - Ottawa - 1954 - Royal Radar Establishment - Malvern - 1961 - Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill, New Jersey - 1970 - 1993

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