Daphne Frances Jackson
Daphne Frances Jackson (1936–1991), physicist
1936 Born in Peterborough, daughter of Albert Henry Jackson (1893–1951), an engineering fitter and turner, and Frances Ethel, formerly Elliott (1897–1985), a dressmaker and designer until she married.
1958 Graduated from Imperial College of Science and Technology
1958 Became an associate of the Royal College of Science. Invited to be research student in the physics department at Battersea College of Advanced Technology.
1960 Appointed to the academic staff as assistant lecturer
1962 Gained PhD. Appointed lecturer working in a group studying the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus.
1966 Battersea College was granted a royal charter and became the University of Surrey. Jackson was made reader in nuclear physics and leader of the nuclear physics group.
Champion of women in science and engineering,
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- Biography of Daphne Frances Jackson, ODNB