David Tabor
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David Tabor was a British physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 who coined the word tribology
Tribology
Tribology is the science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion. It includes the study and application of the principles of friction, lubrication and wear...

 for the study of frictional interaction between surfaces.

He was Professor of Physics in the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
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, then Emeritus professor. He was head of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Cavendish Laboratory
Cavendish Laboratory
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, and Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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, from 1957.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Society
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 in 1963. He was the first recipient of the Gold Medal of Tribology from the Institution of Engineers
Institution of Engineers
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, 1972. He also received the Guthrie Medal of the Institute of Physics
Institute of Physics
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, 1975.

He described his recreation as "Judaica".

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    2005
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