Brian Josephson
photograph
Josephson in March 2004
Born
Brian David Josephson

(1940-01-04) 4 January 1940 (age 82)
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD)
Known forJosephson effect
Spouse(s)
Carol Anne Olivier
(m. 1976)
Childrenone daughter
Awards
  • FRS (1970)
  • Fritz London Memorial Prize (1970)
  • Elliott Cresson Medal (1972)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1973)
  • Faraday Medal (1982)
Scientific career
Institutions
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
  • University of Cambridge
ThesisNon-linear conduction in superconductors (1964)
Doctoral advisorBrian Pippard
Websitewww.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10