Roger Elliott#

Obituary, Academia Europaea
Obituary, University of Oxford
Obituary, The Guardian
Obituary, The Royal Society


Curriculum vitae#

EDUCATION

  • New College (Oxford); B.A. (Mathematics) 1949
  • D.Phil. (Theoretical Physics) 1952

APPOINTMENTS - ACADEMIC
  • 1952-53 Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley
  • 1953-55 Research Fellow, A.E.R.E., Harwell
  • 1955-57 University Lecturer, Reading
  • 1957-64 University Lecturer, Oxford
  • 1957-74 Fellow and Tutor, St. John's College
  • 1964-74 Reader (ad hominem), Oxford
  • 1974-89 Wykeham Professor of Physics, Oxford
  • 1989-96 Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford (now Emeritus)

TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS - ACADEMIC
  • 1961 Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley
  • 1966 Miller Professor, University of Illinois, Urban
  • 1967 Loeb Lecturer, Harvard University
  • 1972 Seaver Lecturer, University of Southern California
  • 1978 Flint Lecturer, Yale University
  • 1981 Visiting Distinguished Professor, Florida State University
  • 1996 Visiting Distinguished Professor, Michegan State University

UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
  • 1969-70 Senior Proctor
  • 1971-88 Member of Hebdomadal Council
  • 1971-88 Delegate of Oxford University Press; from 1976 Chairman of Finance Committee
  • 1988-93 Secretary to the Delegates and Chief Executive, Oxford University Press

OTHER APPOINTMENTS
  • 1966-68 Member - Electronic Research Council
  • 1976-81 Member - Computer Board for Universities and Research Councils
  • 1983-87 Chairman - Computer Board for Universities and Research Councils
  • 1984-88 Physical Secretary and Vice President of the Royal Society
  • 1987-90 Member - Advisory Board for Research Councils
  • 1988-92 Part-time Member - UKAEA
  • 1993-94 President - Publishers Association
  • 1991-98 Board Member - British Council
  • 1996-2002 Chairman ICSU Press
  • 1999-2002 Chairman - Blackwell Limited
  • 1998-2002 Chairman Disability Information Trust

AWARDS
  • 1968 Maxwell Medal, Physical Society
  • 1984 Hon. D.Sc. (Paris)
  • 1990 Guthrie Medal, Institute of Physics
  • 1991 Hon. D.Sc. (Bath)
  • 1993 Hon. D.Sc. (Essex)

PUBLICATIONS

4 Books and some 200 articles on theoretical solid state physics in learned journals See also `Disorder in Condensed Matter Physics' - Volume in Honour of Roger Elliott, ed. J.A. Blackman and J. Taguena (OUP, 1991)
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