Conyers Herring (born 15.11.1914) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1968). He was born in Scotia (New York State). He graduated from the University of Kansas (1933) and in 1937 received the degree of Doctor of Science at Princeton University. In 1937 — 39 he worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939 —40 at Princeton University, 1940 — 41 at the University of Missouri, in 1941—45 at Columbia University, in 1946 —78 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories, and from 1978 he has been a professor at Stanford University.
His work was in the field of the theory of the solid state and of magnetism. He developed (1940) a method of calculating band structure, the method of orthogonalised plane waves. He studied correlation effects in the free electron gas in crystals and spin waves in ferromagnetic metals. He constructed (1951—52) the theory of spin waves. He explained (1950) the diffusional creep of single crystals. He proposed (1962) a method of calculating exchange parameters in the form of surface integrals.