Born: October 9, 1933, London [Died]2017.2.8. British physicist. After graduating from Queen Mary College, University of London, he obtained his PhD in Physics from the same university in 1962. After working as a researcher at the University of Illinois in the United States, he was a lecturer at the University of Nottingham in the UK and a researcher at the Max Planck Institute, before becoming a professor at Nottingham in 1979. In 1994, he became a professor emeritus at the same university. He further developed the idea of Paul Lauterbur, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Mansfield, of using magnetic resonance to obtain cross-sectional images of the human body. In 1978, he developed the echoplanar method, which allows for high-speed image scanning, and created actual cross-sectional images. In 2003, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which skillfully uses the physical phenomenon of nuclear magnetic resonance to obtain cross-sectional images of the human body and other structures. He was knighted in 1993. Mansfield Mansfield, Katherine Born: October 14, 1888, Wellington [Died] January 9, 1923. A female British writer born in New Zealand near Paris. Her real name was Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp. As a girl, she studied in London with her sister. She returned to Japan for a time, but then went back to England. She contracted tuberculosis and spent time recuperating in Bavaria, which resulted in the collection of short stories In a German Pension (1911). She met JM Murray, lived with him, and later married him. She also became friends with DH Lawrence and his wife. She died at the early age of 34. She was a master of short stories influenced by Chekhov, and her collections of short stories include Bliss and Other Stories (20), The Garden Party and Other Stories (22), and The Dove's Nest and Other Stories (23). Her posthumous publications include The Diary (27) and Letters (28). Mansfield Mansfield, Michael Joseph Born: March 16, 1903, New York [Died] October 5, 2001, Washington DC American politician. After working as a miner and mining engineer, he graduated from the University of Montana in 1933. He taught history and political science at the university until 1942. He served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana from 1943 to 1952, and as a U.S. Senator from Montana in 1952. He served as the Senate Democratic Vice-Leader from 1957 to 1961, and as its Leader from 1961 to 1977. He was a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, and was a representative dove along with Chairman J. Fulbright. He compiled research reports on U.S. foreign policy, particularly policy toward Southeast Asia. He served as ambassador to Japan from 1977 to November 1988, under both the Democratic Carter and Republican Reagan administrations. He is said to be the most pro-Japan and longest-serving ambassador since World War II. Mansfield Mansfield A town in central Nottinghamshire, central England, the UK. Together with the surrounding area, it forms the Mansfield district. It is about 20km north of Nottingham, facing the River Mourne. It is located in the western part of Sherwood Forest, where Robin Hood is said to have been active. It is an old town that was granted royal permission to open a market in 1227, and its population rapidly increased with the development of the coalfields in the 19th century. It is a commercial centre, and in addition to the long-standing hosiery industry, it is also home to industries such as plastics, shoemaking, and electrical machinery. District area: 77km2 . District population: 98,095 (2001). Population: 69,987 (2001). Mansfield Mansfield, Richard Born: May 24, 1854, Berlin [Died] August 30, 1907, New London, Connecticut. American actor. He first appeared in Gilbert and Sullivan shows in England, but made his debut in New York in 1882. He had a romantic style of acting, and was good at playing Cyrano de Bergerac, Richard III, and Shylock. He also wrote and performed many of his own plays. He also attracted attention for the premiere of the English version of Peer Gynt (1906) and for introducing GB Shaw's works. Mansfield Mansfield An industrial city in north-central Ohio, USA. It is located halfway between Cleveland and Columbus, at the western edge of the Allegheny Mountains. Settlement began in the early 19th century, but the city developed rapidly in the mid-19th century with the opening of the Baltimore-Ohio, Penn Central, and Erie-Lackawanna railroads. Today, the city is home to electric and gas appliance and automobile-related industries. It is also home to the Ohio University branch campus and the Kingwood Center Botanical Gardens. Population 50,627 (1990). Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |