Academic History
1959-1962 Undergraduate at Exeter University, leaving with honours degree in physics.
1962-1965 Postgraduate research in St Andrews University, leaving with PhD in theoretical physics.
1965-1967 Postdoctoral research in theoretical physics at Bristol University, as Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Fellow.
1967-1974 Lecturer in Physics at Bristol University.
1974-1979 Reader in Physics at Bristol University
1979-1988 Professor of Physics at Bristol University
1988-2006 Royal Society Research Professor at Bristol University.
2006-present Melville Wills Professor of Physics at Bristol University (Emeritus)