| Raymond Hide Born: 17-May-1929
Birthplace: England
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Physicist Nationality: England
Executive summary: Earth's rotation In a landmark 1991 study, geophysicist Raymond Hide determined that the Earth's rotation is slowing ever-so-slightly. He has also studied the motions and magnetohydrodynamic oscillations of the Earth's core, nonlinear systems, atmospheric excitation of Earth's rotation, and the atmosphere of Jupiter. University: BS, University of Manchester
University: PhD, Cambridge University
Scholar: Astrophysics, University of Chicago
Teacher: Physics, King's College London
Teacher: Physics, Durham University
Professor: Geophysics and Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scholar: Mathematics, Imperial College London (2000-)
Professor: Physics, Oxford University
Hughes Medal 1998
Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal 1989
Commander of the British Empire 1990
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Geophysical Union
European Geosciences Union President (1982-84)
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Royal Astronomical Society President (1983-85)
Royal Meteorological Society President (1974-76)
Royal Society 1971
Author of books:
Structure and Dynamics of Earth's Deep Interior (1988, with Douglas E. Smylie)
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