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Maeck, Steven W.
Akbar
Mahani
Esfahan-Mahdie
Mallett, Marla
Mann, Robert.
Manoyan, Hagop
Mansur
Marashi, Hussein
Marcuson, Alan
Marschke, Alan
Dennis B.Marquand
Marvered glass
Mashhad
Massarat, Kasra.
Mayeri, Leon
McCombie, Charles W.
- Obituary for Emeritus Professor
Charles W McCombie FRSE
Original Story: 16 March 2006
Charles was appointed Professor of
Theoretical Physics at Reading in 1964.
He set up a vibrant research programme in
Theoretical Solid State Physics and
recruited a number of new lecturers,
three of whom are still members of the
Department. Charles made a major
contribution to the international esteem
in which the Physics Department was held.
He took on the burden of Head of Physics
from 1980 to 1984. He was a Senior
Resident of Windsor Hall from its
founding until he retired in 1991 and
subsequently an en-suite addition to the
hall was named in his honour. He was
Senior Steward of the Senior Common Room
from 1971 to 1972. He chaired many
University committees including the
Research Board and the Joint Standing
Committee of Council and Senate. Charles
had a great interest in the Arts, and was
the University Representative on the
General Council of the Southern Arts
Association.
His research career began at Aberdeen,
where he did his PhD with Professor RV
Jones. RV Jones held the key position
during World War II of Director of
Scientific Intelligence at the Air
Ministry. This was the first of many
interactions that Charles had with the
intellectual giants of physics. When
Neils Bohr visited Aberdeen a discussion
over tea inspired Charles in his research
work. Charles spent the Summer of 1951 at
M.I.T., a renowned physics department in
the USA. On returning to Aberdeen, he
wrote one of his most important papers on
Fluctuation Theory in Physical
Measurements. In 1955 he was awarded a
Commonwealth Fund Fellowship and went to
the University of Illinois, the Mecca of
Solid State Physics at the time. Charles
later remarked on the enormous excitement
he felt about his involvement at
Illinois. Whilst there he worked on the
theory of the diffusion of defects in
materials and his contributions were
highly regarded. He contributed to
discussions on superconductivity
involving Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer;
who a year later were awarded the Nobel
prize in Physics. An extension of his
fellowship enabled Charles to spend
several months with Charles Kittel at
Berkeley. In his classic text book on
Statistical Mechanics, Kittel
acknowledges the contributions Charles
made to the book.
On returning to Aberdeen, he began
theoretical work on the optical
absorption bands associated with the
electronic transitions at defects in
crystals. Much experimental work was
being done at Reading at the same time
and thus, when a Chair became available
at Reading, Charles was the obvious
choice. At Reading he continued his
theoretical studies on the behaviour of
defects in materials and made major
contributions to the subject. In a
lecture shortly before he retired he
hoped that the younger members of the
audience would experience the same fun,
excitement and from time to time, the
sense of achievement from Physics, that
he had experienced.
Although Charles officially retired in
2001, he was in the Department several
times a week working on some novel ideas
in the field of quantum mechanics. He was
always willing to spend time with
colleagues discussing their research and
made many valuable contributions. Charles
was a much valued colleague and friend he
will be greatly missed by us all."
ttp://www.rdg.ac.uk/bulletin/extra/447/mccombie.htm
McDonnell, Bill.
McMullan, Joseph V.
Melkonian, Monte
Mellaart, James
- James Mellaart is an archeologist who has
written a number of books. He is widely
respected even today. However there seems
to be a self-destructive thread in his
life. He was involved in a sorry episode
called the Dvorak affair that made it
appear that he was involved with the
trade in looted and smuggled
archeological treasures from Turkey. The
truly odd part is that it appears that an
argument can be made that he staged the
scandal. If he did then to what point
except self-destruction. Later on he got
involved is a silly scam involving kilims
and the "mother goddess" myth.
It is argued using his own notes as proof
that Mellaart began to invent new details
of his Catal Huyuk finds long after the
fact. Catal Huyuk is of course his major
work and major disgrace. It was from that
site that the Turkish Government expelled
him.
- Discredited
Archeologist James Mellaart's Work
Reexamined
- City
on Turkish plains a major draw for
'goddess tours'
Dyke Messler of Camden
Metro Rug Alliance (MRA)
Miller, Mondi
The Miri Brothers (Member Best
Carpet Producers and Dealers of Iran)
Morteza Mirmehdi of Qum (Member Best
Carpet Producers and Dealers of Iran)
MoonWoven Studio
Morehouse, Brian
Moroccan Rugs
Mosques of Iran
This is not meant to be a comprehensive look but
I am getting enough Mosque notes and images that
it is time to make a place to gather them.
Mughal Rugs
Mundy, Carol
Munkacsi, Kurt
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