W. R. Paton - F.W. Walbank

Arthur Walbank

Todd R. Steven W.

Images of Mars obtained using the Planetary Camera on the Hubble Space Telescope during 1990 and 1991 are described and analyzed. Multi-spectral images of Mars record the martian season between L~ = 348 and 60 corresponding to late winter and spring in the northern hemisphere. The wavelengths of these observations varied between 230 nm in the ultraviolet and 890 nm in the near infrared. We use ...

W. R. D. Fairbairn

Dr R W M Strain

Dr Robert William Magill Strain was born on 12 April 1907 at 3 University Square, Belfast. His father was David Strain, manager of the Ulster Bank in Donegall Place, and his mother was Helen Louise Magill in 1906. His mother's sister Florence had married Dr Robert James Johnstone, later SirR J Johnstone, Professor ofGynaecology at Queen's University and University MP in the Stormont Parliament....

Sir William Paton (1917–1993)

Bill Paton's principal career was in experimental pharmacology, and from his student days he was marked for distinction. He took first class honours at Oxford University and won gold medals during his clinical training at University College Hospital. He was a Reader at the age of 35, a Professor two years later, and a Fellow of the Royal Society before he was 40. He returned to Oxford as Profes...