John T. Lewis

John T. Lewis
John T. Lewis in School of Theoretical Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Born	(1932-04-15)15 April 1932
Died	21 January 2004(2004-01-21) (aged 71) Dublin, Ireland

John Trevor Lewis (15 April 1932 – 21 January 2004) was a Welsh mathematical physicist who made contributions to areas including quantum measurement, Bose–Einstein condensation and large deviations theory. He was a senior professor at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies in Ireland from 1972, serving as the Director of the School of Theoretical Physics from 1975 until his retirement in 2001. He also founded the Communications Networks Research Institute at Dublin Institute of Technology.

Lewis was born in Swansea, Wales and was educated at Cardiff High School and then the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. He was awarded a doctorate by Queen's University Belfast in 1955. He moved to Oxford in 1956, initially at Christ Church and later at Brasenose where he acted as Dean. In 1969 he spent a year visiting Rockefeller University and the Institute for Advanced Study. In 1972 he moved to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies on the retirement of John L. Synge, where he served as director of the School of Theoretical Physics. He was an honorary professor at Swansea, Cardiff and Trinity College, Dublin. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and was its Senior Vice-President in 1988. He received one of the first honorary doctorates from Dublin Institute of Technology in 1999.