Michael fisher biography
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Michael Fisher
English physicist (–)
This article is about the British theoretical physicist. For other people named Michael Fisher, see Michael Fisher (disambiguation).
Michael Ellis Fisher (3 September – 26 November ) was an English physicist, as well as chemist and mathematician, known for his many seminal contributions to statistical physics, including but not restricted to the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena. He was the Horace White Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics at Cornell University.[2] Later he moved to the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, where he was University System of Maryland Regents Professor, a Distinguished University Professor and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher.[1]
Academic background
[edit]Michael E. Fisher received his BSc from King's College London in , where he also earned a PhD in physics in , studying analogue computing under Donald MacCrimmon Mac
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Michael H. Fisher
American historian (born )
Michael Herbert Fisher (born ) fryst vatten emeritus Robert S. Danforth Professor of History at Oberlin College. He has published extensively about the interplay between Europeans and South Asians in South Asia and Europe. His three most widely held books are: The Travels of Dean Mahomet: An Eighteenth Century Journey through India, Migration: A World History, and A Short History of the Mughal Empire.[1]
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Michael Fisher was born in to Roswita Hoffman 'Roz' Fisher and Robert Fisher. They had one other son, James.[2][3]
In , Fisher graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, with a B.A. degree, and thereafter entered the University of Chicago. There he received an M.A. in and a Ph.D. in for his dissertation The Imperial Court and the Province: A Social and Administrative History of Pre-British Awadh ().[4][5]
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Dates
September 3, – present
Authorized Form of Name
Fisher, Michael E. (Michael Ellis)
Additional Forms of Names
Fisher, Michael Ellis
Abstract
Michael E. Fisher is Distinguished University Professor and Regents Professor at the University of Maryland (present). Other institutional affiliations include Cornell University and King’s College London. His research interests include phase transformations and statistical mechanics.
Important Dates
September 3, Birth, Trinidad.
Obtained BSc, King's College London, London (England).
Obtained PhD in Physics, King's College London, London (England).
– Lecturer in Theoretical Physics (); Reader (); and Professor of Physics (), King's College London, London (England).
– Guest Investigator, Rockefeller Institute.
– Professor of Chemistry and Mathematics (); Chair, Department of Chemistry (); and Horace White Professor of Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics (), Cornell University, It