Emlyn Huw Rhoderick (29 September 1920 – 24 March 2007) was a Welsh physicist and academic, who spent 33 years as professor of solid-state electronics at the Manchester College of Science and Technology (later known as UMIST).
He was educated at Cowbridge Grammar School and Jesus College, Oxford, obtaining first-class honours in natural science (physics), having studied mathematics in his first year at the university on the advice of his tutor.
In 1954, he was appointed as principal scientific officer at the Services Electronic Research Laboratory at Baldock, Hertfordshire, working on semiconductors and superconductors.
He was appointed in 1962 and spent the following 33 years in Manchester, building an internationally recognised research group and conducting significant research himself; his published work on semiconductors became a standard reference on the topic.
[1] He took on organisational responsibilities at the university, acting as vice-principal to resolve a conflict between the principal and the chairman of council, and becoming temporary head of an arts department that was in severe difficulties.