12 Facts About Colin Humphreys

Sir Colin John Humphreys was born on 24 May 1941 and is a British physicist and a hobbyist Bible scholar.

Colin Humphreys is the Professor of Materials Science at Queen Mary University of London.

Colin Humphreys is the former Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge and the Professor of Experimental Physics at the Royal Institution in London.

Colin Humphreys served as President of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining in 2002 and 2003.

Colin Humphreys was educated at Luton Grammar School, Imperial College London and Churchill College, Cambridge where he was awarded a PhD in 1969.

Colin Humphreys was awarded a Master of Arts degree from Jesus College, Oxford.

Colin Humphreys is a materials scientist who has carried out valuable work on the electron microscopy of semiconducting materials.

Colin Humphreys's world-leading research on gallium nitride has resulted in a substantially improved understanding of this important material with a wide range of technological applications.

Colin Humphreys has pioneered the development of low-cost, high-efficiency GaN-on-silicon LEDs, which are now being manufactured based on his patented research.

In 2011 Colin Humphreys claimed in his book The Mystery of the Last Supper that the Last Supper took place on Wednesday, not as traditionally thought Thursday, and that the apparent timing discrepancies between the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke versus John are rooted in the use of different calendars by the writers.

Colin Humphreys was elected in 1996 as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering He won the Institute of Physics Kelvin Medal and Prize in 2000.

Colin Humphreys was knighted in the 2010 Birthday Honours and in 2011 elected a Fellow of the Royal Society In 2015 he was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society.