David Tabor (physicist)
David Tabor | |
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| Born | 23 October 1913 |
| Died | 26 November 2005 (aged 92) |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London University of Cambridge (Ph.D, 1939) |
| Known for | Key figure in the birth of Tribology Surface forces apparatus Tabor parameter |
| Spouse | Hannalene Stillschweig |
| Awards | Tribology Gold Medal (1972) Guthrie Medal (1975) Royal Medal (1992) Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral students | Kevin Kendall Alan D. Roberts Jacob Israelachvili Andrew Briggs |
David Tabor (né Tabrisky), FRS (23 October 1913 – 26 November 2005) was a British physicist who was an early pioneer of tribology, the study of frictional interaction between surfaces, and well known for his influential undergraduate textbook "Gases, Liquids and Solids".