Ph.D. FROM OXFORD
Former City Student Mr J. R. Pilbrow, formerly of Christchurch, has been awarded the degree of doctor of philosophy by the University of Oxford. He will be returning to Christchurch on Friday and will spend some months in New. Zealand before taking up an appointment as a lecturer in physics at the Melbourne Monash University. His doctorate was awarded for a thesis entitled “A Study of Imperfections in Dielectric Crystals.” Mr Pilbrow was educated at Spreydon School and Christchurch Boys’ High School where he was awarded a National University scholarship in 1955. He graduated master of science with firstclass honours at the University of Canterbury and was awarded a Sims Empire Scholarship in 1961. Mr Pilbrow is the only son of Mr and Mrs A. C. F. Pilbrow, of 19 Sumner street, Christchurch. He is married, with three children.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30623, 14 December 1964, Page 17
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