Davis Earle Explained

Davis Earle
Birth Name:Eric Davis Earle
Birth Date:26 November 1937
Birth Place:Carbonear, Dominion of Newfoundland, British Empire
Death Place:Deep River, Ontario, Canada
Field:Physics

Dr. Eric 'Davis' Earle (died 24 December 2016) was a Canadian nuclear physicist. A Rhodes Scholar, he worked at Chalk River and helped organize Sudbury Neutrino Observatory as part of the project team whose director, Arthur B. McDonald, won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.[1] [2]

He received an honorary doctor of science degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2004

Early life

Davis was son of Mildred and Guy Earle, born November 26, 1937, and raised in Carbonear, Newfoundland. His father was the final captain of the SS Kyle and part-owner of the Earle Freighting Service.[3] Davis said “My father tried to get me to join him in the codfish business in Carbonear, but I didn’t want to go work with my father at 20. I thought I needed to see a bit of Canada,” a goal that stuck with him throughout his life. Davis got his bachelor's of science degree at Memorial University, a master's degree at the University of British Columbia. In 1959 he became a Rhodes Scholar and completed his doctorate studies at Oxford in 1964.

Notes and References

  1. Pennell, Josh. The Telegram (St John's, Nfld). 2015-10-22 Newfoundlander helps win Nobel Prize for physics accessed: 25 November 2015
  2. Web site: Carbonear physicist Davis Earle dead at 79. cbncompass.ca. 12 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170112220735/http://www.cbncompass.ca/news/local/2017/1/11/carbonear-physicist-davis-earle-dead-at-79.html. 12 January 2017. dead.
  3. Web site: Dr. Davis Earle (1937-2016) – A Life Well Lived. www.asecondlook.info. 2020-05-05.