David Tabor, FRS was a British physicist who was an early pioneer of tribology, the study of frictional interaction between surfaces, and well known for his influential undergraduate textbook "Gases, Liquids and Solids".
11 Facts About David Tabor
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David Tabor's father had been a non-commissioned officer in, and armourer to, the Russian Imperial Army, and had run a business as a gunsmith and metalworker.
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David Tabor was educated at the Portobello Road Primary School, Regent Street Polytechnic Secondary School, and Imperial College London, then went to Cambridge to undertake research in the Department of Chemistry.
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In 1957, David Tabor was elected a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
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David Tabor was made Professor Emeritus when he retired in 1981.
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David Tabor was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1963.
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David Tabor was awarded the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers International Award in 1965.
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David Tabor was the first recipient of the Tribology Gold Medal, which is awarded by the Tribology Trust and administered by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, in 1972.
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David Tabor was awarded the Mayo D Hersey award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1974.
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David Tabor received the Guthrie Medal of the Institute of Physics, 1975 and the Royal Society's Royal Medal, one of their three highest awards, 1992.
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In 1943, David Tabor married Hanna Stillschweig, who survived him with their two sons.