Frank Nabarro

Frank Nabarro
Frank Nabarro
Born
Frank Reginald Nunes Nabarro

(1916-03-07)7 March 1916
Died20 July 2006(2006-07-20) (aged 90)
Known forPeierls–Nabarro stress
Nabarro–Herring creep
AwardsBeilby Medal and Prize (1949)
Fellow of the Royal Society (1971)
Scientific career
FieldsSolid-state physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Birmingham
University of Bristol
University of the Witwatersrand
Academic advisorsNevill Francis Mott

Frank Reginald Nunes Nabarro MBE OMS FRS (7 March 1916 – 20 July 2006) was an English-born South African physicist and one of the pioneers of solid-state physics, which underpins much of 21st-century technology.