David John Candlin Explained

David John Candlin (1928 in Croydon, Surrey^[1] – 4 December 2019^[2]) was an English physicist. He was known for developing the path integral formulation of the Fermionic field, inventing Grassmann integration for this purpose.^[3] He received his PhD from Cambridge University in 1955, and wrote his influential paper on Grassmann integration shortly thereafter. He was later appointed a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh^[4] and retired from this post in 1995.^[5] He was at one time involved in collaborative work related to CERN.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

In 1955 he married Rosemary Shaw, crystallographer and later computer scientist.^[10]

Notes and References

1. http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=david%20j&lastname=candlin&eventyear=1928&eventyear_offset=0 Birth record
2. Web site: David John Candlin . The Scotsman . legacy.com . 9 December 2019 . 27 June 2021 .
3. Nuovo Cimento . D.J. Candlin . 4 . On Sums over Trajectories for Systems With Fermi Statistics. 1956. 2 . 231–239. 10.1007/BF02745446. 1956NCim....4..231C. 122333001 .
4. A Community of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study, Faculty and Members 1930-1980
5. https://www.ias.edu/scholars/david-john-candlin Institute for Advanced Study
6. https://cds.cern.ch/record/205899/files/199003601.pdf Aleph collaboration
7. http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/GRAPHICS/Texts/Upgrade99/1999.12.01.html Atlas Graphics Design
8. http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/SOFTWARE/INFO/Dig/9707/arve-djc.txt Atlas discussion
9. http://inspirehep.net/author/profile/D.J.Candlin.1 Inspire author profile for Candlin, D.J.
10. The Times, 6 Sep 1955, p1