Arthur Prowse
William Arthur Prowse was a British physicist and academic administrator. He was the founding Master of Van Mildert College, Durham.
Prowse matriculated at Hatfield College, Durham and graduated with a degree in Physics from Durham University in 1927. He completed his doctorate at the same institution in 1931 – this time, per the conditions of the Pemberton Studentship, as a member of University College. Except for a brief period on secondment under Willis Jackson at Imperial College, London from 1947–48, he spent his entire academic career in Durham. He served as Vice-Master of University College from 1953–1965.
Active in the Officers' Training Corps, in 1966 he was awarded the O.B.E.. He retired to Brancepeth in 1972.
