Lewis Elton
| Lewis Elton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ludwig Richard Benjamin Ehrenberg 25 March 1923 Tübingen |
| Alma mater |
Christ's College, Cambridge Regent Street Polytechnic University College London |
| Occupation | Physicist, researcher |
| Children | Ben Elton |
| Parent(s) |
Victor Ehrenberg Eva Dorothea Sommer |
| Relatives | Geoffrey Elton |
Ludwig Richard Benjamin Elton (born 25 March 1923) is a German-born British physicist and researcher into education, specialising in higher education.
Born Ludwig Ehrenberg in Tübingen to the scholars Victor Ehrenberg and Eva Dorothea Sommer, his (Jewish) family moved to Prague in 1929, and from there to England in February 1939, to escape the threat of Nazism. He changed his name to Lewis Elton during the Second World War, after which he obtained British citizenship. He was educated at Rydal School in Colwyn Bay, and thereafter at Christ's College, Cambridge, the Regent Street Polytechnic, London, and University College London. It was from the latter institution that he was awarded his PhD, in 1950.
He was Professor of Physics at Battersea College of Technology from 1964 until 1970. As the College completed its transformation into the University of Surrey (and its relocation from Battersea to Guildford) in 1970 he became Professor of Higher Education, a post he held until 1988. In 1994 he was appointed Professor of Higher Education at University College London, where he founded the Higher Education Research and Development Unit (now the Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching). He became an honorary professor there in 2003. He was appointed Visiting Professor of Higher Education at Manchester University in August 2005.
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