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". Wikipedia
Born: October 23, 1913, Notting Hill Gate, London, United Kingdom
Died: November 26, 2005 (age 92 years), Cambridge, United Kingdom
Research interests: Contact Mechanics, Friction, Lubrication, and more