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About Michael Thompson (academic)
- Sir Michael Warwick Thompson (born 1 June 1931), is a British academic, who served as Vice-Chancellor of the Universities of East Anglia and Birmingham. He was educated at the University of Liverpool where he graduated with a first in physics.
- He was a D.Sc in physics in 1963 from the University of Liverpool.
- His academic work included early research on atomic collisions in solids.He was appointed Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Sussex in 1965, and remained at Sussex for a further 15 years during which time he served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor and acting Vice-Chancellor of the University.
- In 1980 he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia, and remained in the post until 1987 when he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, retiring in 1996.
- He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and was knighted in 1991.
- He is a member of the Athenaeum Club. His son Paul Warwick Thompson is currently rector of the Royal College of Art.
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