William Cochran (physicist)

William Cochran
FRS FRSE
William Cochran FRS FRSE
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh
Known for	X-ray crystallography
Awards	Hughes Medal ; 1978 ; Howard N. Potts Medal ; 1985 ; ;
	Scientific career
Fields	Crystallography
Institutions	University of Edinburgh; University of Cambridge;
Doctoral advisor	Arnold Beevers
Doctoral students	Roger Cowley; Richard Nelmes;

William (Bill) Cochran FRS FRSE (30 July 1922 – 28 August 2003) was a Scottish physicist. He is best known for "pioneering contributions to the science of X-ray crystallography", for which he was awarded the Hughes Medal in 1978.