John Adams (physicist)
John Adams | |
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Adams in 1973 | |
| Born | 24 May 1920 |
| Died | 3 March 1984 (aged 63) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Other names | Sir John Bertram Adams |
| Occupations | Physicist and former CERN Director-General |
| Spouse | Renie Warburton |
| Children | 2 |
Sir John Bertram Adams KBE FRS (24 May 1920 – 3 March 1984) was an English accelerator physicist and administrator.
Adams is mostly known for his work at CERN and Culham Laboratory. Despite a lack of formal university education, Adams worked for organizations like the Telecommunications Research Establishment and the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in the 1940s and early 1950s. He served as acting director and eventually as elected director of CERN, from 1976 until 1981.