Paul Taunton Matthews CBE FRS[1] (19 November 1919 – 26 February 1987) was a British theoretical physicist.
[3][4][5] Matthews was born in Erode in British India, and was educated at Mill Hill School and Clare College, Cambridge, where he was awarded MA and PhD degrees.
He became head of the Physics Department of Imperial College, London and later vice chancellor of the University of Bath.
He was also awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) by the University of Bath in 1983.
[citation needed] He died in Cambridge from injuries sustained in a cycling accident.