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David J. C. MacKay

Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge (1967-2016)

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Lived 1967–2016, aged 49United Kingdom
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomScientistsScientist
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    12 languages
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  • Era
    1967–2016
    Aged 49
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-06-21

Sir David John Cameron MacKay was a British physicist, mathematician, and academic. He was the Regius Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and from 2009 to 2014 was Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). MacKay wrote the book Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air.

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April 22, 1967
Died
April 14, 2016
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