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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Sir Sam Edwards <strong>of</strong> Cambridge<br />

<strong>University</strong> Awarded Honorary<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong><br />

By Wei Gaoyuan<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2004—07—20<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=89600550<br />

By Vivian Luan<br />

On June 20 2004, Sir Samuel Frederick Edwards, Emeritus Cavendish Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />

Physics at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Cambridge received the <strong>PKU</strong> Honorary Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship<br />

Certificate in his house at Cambridge, handed by Pr<strong>of</strong>.Wei Gaoyuan <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Polymer Science and Engineering, <strong>PKU</strong>.<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. Edwards was born in Wales, UK on Feb.1, 1928. He got his B.Sci. & M.A.<br />

degree from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Cambridge in 1949. Then he went to USA for further<br />

study and earned his Ph.D. from Harvard <strong>University</strong> in 1951. He became Cavendish<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Physics at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Cambridge in 1984 and chaired the<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Physics from 1984 to 1988. From 1992 to 1995 he also served as<br />

Pro-Vice-Chancellor <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Cambridge. Since 1998, he has been<br />

Honorary Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong>. Currently, Sir Sam Edwards works at the polymers &<br />

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