William Keith Burton (known as Keith Burton) FRSE (12 October 1922 – 30 December 1996) was an English electrical engineer and theoretical physicist.[1] [2]
He was born in Manchester and attended Manchester Grammar School prior to studying Electrical Engineering at Manchester College of Technology. After graduating he gained a job with GEC, first at Heywood, then Wembley.[1]
From 1945 until 1951 he was employed as a theoretical physicist with ICI Ltd, being seconded to Bristol University for the final 4 years, lecturing under Nevill Francis Mott and Herbert Fröhlich. From 1951 onwards he lectured in Natural Philosophy at Glasgow University.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 3 March 1958.[3]
He died at his home in Milngavie near Glasgow on 30 December 1996.