Conyers Herring
Conyers Herring | |
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Herring in 1959 | |
| Born | William Conyers Herring November 15, 1914 Scotia, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 23, 2009 (aged 94) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Known for | Weyl semimetal Nabarro–Herring creep Holstein–Herring method |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
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| Thesis | On Energy Coincidences in the Theory of Brillouin Zones (1937) |
| Doctoral advisor | Eugene Wigner |
William Conyers Herring (November 15, 1914 – July 23, 2009) was an American physicist. He was a professor of applied physics at Stanford University and the Wolf Prize in Physics recipient in 1984/5.