Sixth Century Professor in Theoretical and Applied Dynamics, Aberdeen Part–time distinguished chair (20%), from April 2006, University of Aberdeen. 2. A Chronological Summary J.M.T. Thompson, FRS Summary of Curriculum Vitae John Michael Tutill Thompson Full Name: 7 June 1937 Date of Married with two children Hull Grammar School, 1948-55 Lord Prize for Mathematics, 1954 Clare College, Cambridge, 1955-61 Major Scholarship and DSIR Research Studentship First Class Honours Degree in the Mechanical Sciences Tripos Top prizes of the Engineering Faculty: for Part I of the Tripos Rex Moir for Part II of the Tripos Archibald Prize for research essay, 1960 John Winbolt Degrees: BA, 1958; MA, 1962; PhD, 1962 Research Fellowship, Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1961-64 Visiting Research Associate with Fulbright grant in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, 1962-3 DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON: LECTURER, 1964-68 Lecture tour of North America, 1965 READER in Structural Mechanics, 1968-77 Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics & its Applications, FIMA, 1970 Wiley, London, 1973 A General Theory of Elastic Stability, Visiting Professor, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1976-8 Sc.D. (Cantab), 1977 PROFESSOR of Structural Mechanics, 1977-91 Chichester, 1982 Instabilities and Catastrophes in Science and Engineering, Scientific Chairman, Organizer & Editor, IUTAM Symposium at UCL, 1982, Collapse: The Buckling of Structures in Theory and Practice Chairman, Board of Studies in Civil & Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of London, 1984-6 Wiley, Chichester, 1984 Elastic Instability Phenomena, Visiting Mathematician, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, New York, 1984
Sixth Century Professor in Theoretical and Applied Dynamics, Aberdeen Part–time distinguished chair (20%), from April 2006, University of Aberdeen. 2. A Chronological Summary J.M.T. Thompson, FRS Summary of Curriculum Vitae Full Name: John Michael Tutill Thompson Date of 7 June 1937 Married with two children Hull Grammar School, 1948-55 Lord Prize for Mathematics, 1954 Clare College, Cambridge, 1955-61 Major Scholarship and DSIR Research Studentship First Class Honours Degree in the Mechanical Sciences Tripos Top prizes of the Engineering Faculty: Rex Moir for Part I of the Tripos Archibald Prize for Part II of the Tripos John Winbolt for research essay, 1960 Degrees: BA, 1958; MA, 1962; PhD, 1962 Research Fellowship, Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1961-64 Visiting Research Associate with Fulbright grant in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, 1962-3 DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON: LECTURER, 1964-68 Lecture tour of North America, 1965 READER in Structural Mechanics, 1968-77 Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics & its Applications, FIMA, 1970 A General Theory of Elastic Stability, Wiley, London, 1973 Visiting Professor, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1976-8 Sc.D. (Cantab), 1977 PROFESSOR of Structural Mechanics, 1977-91 Instabilities and Catastrophes in Science and Engineering, Chichester, 1982 Scientific Chairman, Organizer & Editor, IUTAM Symposium at UCL, 1982, Collapse: The Buckling of Structures in Theory and Practice Chairman, Board of Studies in Civil & Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of London, 1984-6 Elastic Instability Phenomena, Wiley, Chichester, 1984 Visiting Mathematician, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, New York, 1984