Peter N.T. Wells
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Peter Neil Temple Wells CBE
DSc
FREng FMedSci FIET FInstP FLSW FRS (born 1936 in Bristol
, England
) is a British medical physicist
who played a major role in the application of ultrasound
technology in medicine.
Educated at Birmingham College of Advanced Technology (now Aston University
), he is an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Clinical Medicine at Bristol University and was awarded the Duddell Medal and Prize
in 2006.
Wells was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. He is also a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
DSc
DSC
-in academia:* D.Sc., Doctor of Science* Doctor of Surgical Chiropody, superseded in the 1960s by Doctor of Podiatric Medicine* Dalton State College, Georgia* Daytona State College, Florida* Deep Springs College, California* Dixie State College of Utah...
FREng FMedSci FIET FInstP FLSW FRS (born 1936 in Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) is a British medical physicist
Medical physics
Medical physics is the application of physics to medicine. It generally concerns physics as applied to medical imaging and radiotherapy, although a medical physicist may also work in many other areas of healthcare...
who played a major role in the application of ultrasound
Ultrasound
Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Ultrasound is thus not separated from "normal" sound based on differences in physical properties, only the fact that humans cannot hear it. Although this limit varies from person to person, it is...
technology in medicine.
Educated at Birmingham College of Advanced Technology (now Aston University
Aston University
Aston University is a "plate glass" campus university situated at Gosta Green, in the city centre of Birmingham, England.Established in 1895 as the Birmingham Municipal Technical School, Aston was granted its Royal Charter as Aston University on 22 April 1966...
), he is an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Clinical Medicine at Bristol University and was awarded the Duddell Medal and Prize
Duddell Medal and Prize
The Duddell Medal and Prize was a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Physics in the memory of William du Bois Duddell, the inventor of the electromagnetic oscillograph. The medal was instituted by the Council of The Physical Society in 1923. Between 1961 and 1973 the prize was awarded in...
in 2006.
Wells was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. He is also a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
Learned Society of Wales
The Learned Society of Wales is a society that exists to “celebrate, recognise, preserve, protect and encourage excellence in all of the scholarly disciplines”.The society was launched on 25 May 2010 at the National Museum of Wales...
.