Sturrock, Peter A.
English physicist who studied mathematics at Cambridge University (with
an interruption for radar research from 1944 until 1947) and was awarded
the University Rayleigh Prize in 1949, a Ph.D. in 1951, and a Prize Fellowship
at St John's College in 1952. After research at the National Bureau of Standards,
the University of Paris, the Cavendish
Laboratory, and the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Sturrock went
to Stanford University in 1955. After research at CERN, the European Center
for Nuclear Research (1957–58), he returned to Stanford and was appointed
professor in 1961. He was Professor of Applied Physics from 1961 until 1998,
and is now Emeritus Professor of Applied Physics and of Physics. He served
as Director of the Center for Space Science and Astrophysics from 1992 until
1998, and as President of the Society for Scientific Exploration from 1981
until 2001. He has also served as Chairman of the Plasma Physics Division
of the American Astronomical Society, as Chairman of the Solar Physics Division
of the American Astronomical Society. His research interests have included
electron physics, particle accelerators, plasma physics, solar physics,
astrophysics, and scientific inference.
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