Daphne Jackson OBE
(1936-1991)

woman, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and 1st female professor of physics

Died aged 54

Daphne Frances Jackson OBE (23 September 1936 – 8 February 1991) was an English nuclear physicist. In 1971 she became the first female physics professor in the UK. A legacy after her death in 1991 enabled the foundation of the Daphne Jackson Trust.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Phillip on Flickr
Guildford, United Kingdom
El Loco on Geograph
Peterborough, United Kingdom

Daphne Frances Jackson OBE, 1936-1991, Britain's first female Professor of Physics lived at this address 1972-1991

5 St Omer Road, Guildford, United Kingdom where they lived (1972-1991)

Daphne Jackson OBE (1936-1991) Distinguished nuclear physicist and Britain's first female professor of physics was born in Peterborough and educated here at the County Grammar School for Girls.

Cobden Avenue, Peterborough, United Kingdom where they attended school