{{short description|British physicist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = Professor | name = Arthur Marshall Stoneham | honorific_suffix = FRS | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1940|05|18}} | birth_place = [[Barrow-in-Furness]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y |2011|02|18|1940|05|18}} | death_place = [[Oxford]] | other_names = | pronounce = | citizenship = British | nationality = | fields = Physics | workplaces = {{Ubl|[[University College London]]| [[United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority]]}} | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 1964 | doctoral_advisor = [[Maurice Pryce]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Catlow |first1=Richard |last2=Fisher |first2=Andrew |title=Marshall Stoneham (1940–2011) |journal=Nature |date=March 2011 |volume=471 |issue=7338 |pages=306 |doi=10.1038/471306a |pmid=21412325 |bibcode=2011Natur.471..306C |doi-access=free }}</ref> | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Theory of Defects in Solids (1975) | influences = | influenced = | awards = | spouse = Doreen Montgomery | children = Elise and Nicky | footnotes = }} '''Arthur Marshall Stoneham''', [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (18 May 1940 – 18 February 2011), known as '''Marshall Stoneham''', was a British [[physicist]] who worked for the [[United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority]], and from 1995 was Massey professor of physics at [[University College London]].
==Biography==
Stoneham was born in [[Barrow-in-Furness]] on 18 May 1940, son of Garth Rivers Stoneham, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist,<ref>{{Cite journal|title=G R Stoneham MB, CHB, FRCOG|journal=British Medical Journal|volume=292|page=146|date=11 January 1986}}</ref> and fellow New Zealander Nancy Wooler (née Leslie). He was educated at [[Barrow Grammar Schools|Barrow Grammar School for Boys]]. He then read physics at the [[University of Bristol]], where he graduated with a BSc in 1961, and a PhD, supervised by [[Maurice Pryce]], in 1964.<ref name=nano>{{Cite web|title= Professor Marshall Stoneham: theoretical physicist and President of the Institute of Physics|website=London Centre for Naotechnology|url= https://www.london-nano.com/news-events/professor-marshall-stoneham-theoretical-physicist-and-president-institute-physics|access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|title= Professor Marshall Stoneham|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 March 2011}}</ref>
In 1964 he joined [[Atomic Energy Research Establishment|AERE]] Harwell, where he spent more than 30 years. After successive promotions he was made chief scientist of [[Ricardo-AEA|AEA Technology]], an offshoot of AERE. But as the ability to conduct basic research diminished at Harwell in the 1990s<ref name=nano/> Stoneham was drawn to [[University College London|UCL]], where he was appointed Professor of Physics and Director of the Centre for Materials Research in 1995. He also joined a group, headed by John Finney, working on condensed matter and material physics, which led to the formation of the [[London Centre for Nanotechnology]].<ref name=nano/>
===The man and his family===
Arthur Marshall Stoneham married Doreen Montgomery in Barrow-in-Furness in 1962. They had two daughters, Elise and Nicky. He died on 18 February 2011, at [[Churchill Hospital]], [[Oxford]] after complications in surgery.<ref name=Harris>{{cite news|last=Kirby-Harris|first=Robert|title=Marshall Stoneham obituary: Theoretical physicist with a long-term view of scientific progress|newspaper=The Guardian|date=13 March 2011}}</ref> A Thanks giving service to celebrate his life was held at Dorchester Abbey on 15 March,<ref>{{cite news|title=Death Notices & Obituaries: Arthur Stoneham|newspaper=Oxford Mail|date=10 March 2011}}</ref> and a concert, ‘in memoriam Marshall Stoneham’, was performed by the Dorchester Wind Players (DWP) on 8 April 2012 at [[St Nicolas Church, Abingdon]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=concerts 2012-13|website=Abbey chamber concerts|url=https://abbeychamberconcerts.wordpress.com/concert-2012-16/|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
Stoneham was an amateur horn player and musicologist who played with the DWP for over 40 years. His performances included the solo part of the Strauss Horn Concerto. Colleagues noted his commitment to the ensemble and his professional conduct during his tenure.<ref name=Harris/>
Doreen, Elise and Nicky are all directors of Oxford Authentication,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oxford Authentication: The Directors|website= Oxford Authentication: Antique authentication using TL testing|url= https://www.oxfordauthentication.com/about-us/the-team/|access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref> a company founded by Marshall and Doreen.
==Awards and honours==
*Fellowship of the Institute of Physics *Fellowship of the American Physical Society *Fellowship if the Royal Society (in 1989) *Gave Royal Society’s Zeneca prize lecture (1995) *Honorary Fellow of UCL *Awarded the Guthrie Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics (2006) *President of the IOP in 2010
==Books and papers==
*{{Cite book|title=Theory of defects in solids: electronic structure of defects in insulators and semiconductors|location=Oxford|publisher=Clarendon Press|date=1975|isbn=0198513313}} *{{Cite book|title=Elastic interactions between surface adatoms and between surface clusters|publisher=UKAEA, Harwell Theoretical Physics Division|date=1977}} *{{Cite book|title=Laser annealing of semiconductors|publisher=UKAEA, Harwell Theoretical Physics Division|date=1978}} *{{Cite book|title=The motions of iron particles on graphite|publisher=UKAEA, Harwell Theoretical Physics Division|date=1978}} *{{Cite book|title=Features of silicon oxidation|publisher=AEA Technology Industrial Technology|date=1991}} *{{Cite book|title=Elastic interactions between surface adatoms and between surface clusters|publisher=UKAEA, Harwell Theoretical Physics Division|date=1977}}
Stoneham's research papers are listed [https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/A-M-Stoneham-53491990/publications/4/ here]
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