Simon Swordy
Simon Swordy | |
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| Born | March 31, 1954 |
| Died | July 19, 2010 |
| Occupation | astrophysicist |
Simon Patrick Swordy (March 31, 1954[1] – July 19, 2010) was an English-born American astrophysicist.
Biography
[edit]Swordy was born in Birmingham in 1954.[2][3] Both his parents were teachers. His siblings included three brothers and one sister. Swordy was educated at St Philip's School and Barstable School.[2] He studied under Peter Fowler at the University of Bristol, and graduated in 1978.
Swordy moved to the United States in 1979 and accepted a research associate position at the Enrico Fermi Institute. In 1986, he began teaching at the University of Chicago. Swordy became a full professor in 1997. Between 2000 and 2003, Swordy was Master of the Physical Sciences Collegiate Division and associate dean of the physical sciences.[3] In 2001, he was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society, "[f]or innovative measurements with detectors on the ground, on balloons, and in space that significantly advanced the understanding of the sources and galactic propagation of cosmic rays at high energies."[4] In 2007, he returned to the Enrico Fermi Institute as director.[3]
At the time of his death, Swordy was the James Franck Professor of Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago.[3] He died of lymphoma at the University of Chicago Medical Center on 19 July 2010, aged 56.[3][5]
Personal life
[edit]Swordy married Josephine Ryan in 1984, with whom he raised three children.[2][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Simon P Swordy". AncientFaces.com. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ^ a b c Stanley, Mark; Archer, Tom (20 September 2010). "Simon Swordy obituary". The Guardian. doi:10.1063/PT.4.1892.
- ^ a b c d e "Simon Swordy, astrophysicist and expert on cosmic radiation, 1954-2010". University of Chicago. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "APS fellow archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ Kates, Joan Glangrasse (25 July 2010). "Director of Fermi Institute at U. of C." Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Christopher Swordy, 22, loved poetry and music". Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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- Deaths from lymphoma in the United States
- Deaths from cancer in Illinois
- 20th-century British physicists
- English physicists
- Fellows of the American Physical Society
- 21st-century British physicists
- British astrophysicists
- Scientists from Birmingham, West Midlands
- Alumni of the University of Bristol
- University of Chicago faculty
- English emigrants to the United States
- 20th-century American physicists
- 21st-century American physicists
- American astrophysicists
- People educated at St Philip's School