David J. C. MacKay
- January 10, 2024
- Physicist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | David J. C. MacKay |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Date Of Birth | Apr 22, 1967(1967-04-22) |
| Age | 57 |
| Date Of Death | April 14, 2016, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Birthplace | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth City | England |
| Horoscope | Taurus |
David J. C. MacKay Biography
| Name | David J. C. MacKay |
| Birthday | Apr 22 |
| Birth Year | 1967 |
| Place Of Birth | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Home Town | England |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
| Parents | Donald MacCrimmon MacKay, Valerie MacKay |
| Spouse | Ramesh Ghiassi |
David J. C. MacKay is one of the most popular and richest Physicist who was born on April 22, 1967 in Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom.
Sir David John Cameron MacKay FRS FInstP FICE (22 April 1967 – 14 April 2016) was a British physicist, mathematician, and academic. He was the Regius Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and from 2009 to 2014 was Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). MacKay authored the book Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air.
MacKay was educated at Newcastle High School and represented Britain in the International Physics Olympiad in Yugoslavia in 1985, receiving the first prize for experimental work. He continued his education at Trinity College, Cambridge, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences (Experimental and theoretical physics) in 1988. He went to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) as a Fulbright Scholar, where his supervisor was John Hopfield. He was awarded a PhD in 1992.
David J. C. MacKay Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Physicist |
| House | Living in own house. |
David J. C. MacKay is one of the richest Physicist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David J. C. MacKay 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
David MacKay was born the fifth child of Donald MacCrimmon MacKay and Valerie MacKay. His elder brother Robert S. MacKay FRS (born in 1956) is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. David was a vegetarian.
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Who is David J. C. MacKay Dating?
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MacKay was appointed to be Chief Scientific Advisor of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, United Kingdom, in September 2009. In October 2014, at the end of his five-year term, he was succeeded by John Loughhead.
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David Ranked on the list of most popular Physicist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. David J. C. MacKay celebrates birthday on April 22 of every year.
MacKay was diagnosed with inoperable stomach cancer (malignant adenocarcinoma) in July 2015, for which he underwent palliative chemotherapy, a process he documented in detail on his public personal blog. He died in the afternoon of 14 April 2016. He is survived by his wife and two children.