What is John David Jackson?
{{Infobox scientist | name = John David Jackson | image = Jackson textbook (cropped).jpg | caption = Jackson autographing a copy of his classical electrodynamics textbook | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|01|19}} | birth_place = [[London, Ontario]], [[Canada]] | death_date = May 20, 2016 (age 91) | death_place = [[Lansing, Michigan]], [[United States]] | residence = | nationality = American; naturalized, 1988 | alma_mater = [[University of Western Ontario]]<br>[[MIT]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Victor Frederick Weisskopf]] | doctoral_students = [[Gordon L. Kane]]<br>[[Chris Quigg]] | footnotes = | work_institution = [[MIT]]<br>[[McGill University]]<br>[[University of Illinois]] <br>[[University of California, Berkeley]]<br>[[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]] | field = [[Physicist]] | prizes = Hon. D.Sc., [[University of Western Ontario]], 1989 | religion = }} '''John David Jackson''' (January 19, 1925 – May 20, 2016<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lsj/obituary.aspx?n=john-david-jackson&pid=180073742&fhid=11048 | title=John Jackson Obituary (1925 - 2016) - Lansing, Formerly of Berkeley, Calif.,, MI - Lansing State Journal | website=[[Legacy.com]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/chrisquigg/status/734240507786874880|title=J. D. Jackson, meticulous scholar, revered teacher, master of Classical Electrodynamics, my mentor, & very fine person, has died at 91. RIP|first=Chris|last=Quigg|date=21 May 2016}}</ref>) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]]–[[Americans|American]] [[physics]]. He was the [[professor emeritus]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and a faculty senior scientist emeritus at [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]]. He was a theoretical physicist. He was a member of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]]. He was well known for his many publications and summer-school lectures in