David Cockayne

Professor David John Hugh Cockayne, FRS, FInstPhys, (19 March 1942 - 22 December 2010) was a professor in the materials science department of the University of Oxford.^[1]. He was an electron microscopist who played an important role in the development of weak-beam transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and in the application of high resolution TEM to diamond, fullerenes and semiconductors.

David Cockayne was a Fellow of the Royal Society (1997) and the Institute of Physics.

References

1. ^ Guy Cox (1 February 2011). "Career dedicated to the small picture". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/career-dedicated-to-the-small-picture-20110131-1ab3a.html. 

External links

• http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/peoplepages/cockayne.html
• Guardian obituary 2 March 2011 [1]

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Name	Cockayne, David
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Date of birth	19 March 1942
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Date of death	22 December 2010
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