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AB - Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2008), Vol. 129, No. 4, pp. 498–499 doi:10.1093/rpd/ncn189 Dr Anthony Hayes Sullivan (1933–2008) ferrous material activated in high-energy accelerators. This formula was developed from a keen observation We are saddened to report the death of the distin- of the periodic classification of radioisotopes and a guished dosimetrist Dr Anthony Hayes Sullivan on sound physical knowledge on which to base the Monday 26 May 2008. He died in Worthing hospi- necessary approximations. Its elegant simplicity, tal, West Sussex at the age of 75 after a protracted together with its acknowledged relationship to exper- illness. imental reality, is now essential teaching in all Tony Sullivan was born in 1933 in Slough, UK. courses on Accelerator Health Physics. Not content After leaving Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School with providing a sound basis for the activation of in Marlow, Tony studied in the evenings at the ferrous materials, he continued to provide other Battersea Polytechnic Institute (forerunner of The approximations for materials such as lead or in the University of Surrey) for a University of London form of thin foils. degree in physics, while working during the day for a Encouraged by the CERN Director General, local engineering company. He 
TI - Obituary
JO - Radiation Protection Dosimetry
DO - 10.1093/rpd/ncn189
DA - 2008-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/obituary-egAVOhiA6y
SP - 498
EP - 499
VL - 129
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -