IN MEMORIAM: TUDOR WYATT JOHNSTON (1932-2016)

An obituary for Tudor Wyatt Johnston, who passed away in the morning of August 24th, 2016, at the age of 84, is presented. Trained in engineering (B.Eng. McGill, 1953; PhD Cambridge, 1958) Tudor was an outstanding physicist who made extensive original contributions to the theory of plasmas. After wo...

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Published in:Physics in Canada 2016-10, Vol.72 (4), p.212
Main Authors: Chaker, Mohamed, Pepin, Henri, Rosei, Federico, Vidal, Francois
Format: Article
Language:English
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Energy
Engineers
Johnston, Tudor Wyatt
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Summary:An obituary for Tudor Wyatt Johnston, who passed away in the morning of August 24th, 2016, at the age of 84, is presented. Trained in engineering (B.Eng. McGill, 1953; PhD Cambridge, 1958) Tudor was an outstanding physicist who made extensive original contributions to the theory of plasmas. After working in a private laboratory (RCA) in Montreal and then for a few years at the University of Houston, Tudor joined the Centre for Energy of Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in 1973 and thus became one of its pioneers, founding the group "interaction laser-matiere" and contributing his energy and passion to its activities for over three decades.
ISSN:0031-9147