Alan Cottrell
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Sir Alan Howard Cottrell, FRS[1] (17 July 1919 – 15 February 2012) was an English metallurgist and physicist. He was also former Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government and vice-chancellor of Cambridge University 1977–1979.
Early life
Cottrell was educated at Moseley Grammar School and the University of Birmingham, where he gained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1939 and a PhD for research on welding in 1942.[2]
Career
Cottrell joined the staff as a lecturer at Birmingham, being made professor in 1949, and transforming the teaching of the department by emphasising modern concepts of solid state physics.[3] In 1955 he moved to A.E.R.E. Harwell, to become Deputy Head of Metallurgy under Monty Finniston.[3]
From 1958 to 1965 Cottrell was Goldsmiths' Professor of Metallurgy at Cambridge University, and a fellow of Christ's College. He later worked for the government in various capacities, ultimately as Chief Scientific Adviser from 1971 to 1974,[4] before becoming Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, from 1973 to 1986,[5] and Vice-Chancellor of the university in 1977–1979.[6]
Death
Cottrell died on 15 February 2012 after a brief illness.[7]
Awards and honours
- 1955 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society[8]
- 1961 Hughes Medal[9]
- 1962 Francis J. Clamer Medal[6]
- 1963 Royal Society Bakerian Medal
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- 1967 James Alfred Ewing Medal.[10]
- 1969 Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize
- 1971 He was knighted.[5]
- 1973 Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) from the University of Bath.[11]
- 1974 James Douglas Gold Medal[12]
- 1982 Honorary doctorate from the University of Essex[6]
- 1991 Elected Member of Academia Europaea[13]
- 1996 Copley Medal (the Royal Society's highest award)[14][15]
He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[16]
Selected books
- Theoretical Structural Metallurgy (1948) (E Arnold; 2nd Revised edition (1 January 1955)) (Template:ISBN)
- Dislocations and Plastic Flows in Crystals (1953) (Template:Isbn)
- Superconductivity (1964) (Harwood Academic (Medical, Reference and Social Sc; n edition (December 1964)) (Template:ISBN)
- An Introduction to Metallurgy (1967) (Template:Isbn)
- Portrait of Nature : the world as seen by modern science (1975) (Template:ISBN)
- How Safe is Nuclear Energy? (1982) (Heinemann Educational Publishers (29 June 1981)) (Template:ISBN)
- Concepts in the Electron Theory of Alloys (1998) (Template:ISBN)
See also
References
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External links
- The National Archives lists his reports
- Listen to an oral history interview with Sir Alan Cottrell – a life story interview recorded for An Oral History of British Science at the British Library
- Tribute by Prof Peter Hirsch
- Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 19 February 2012
- Obituary by Dr J.A. Charles
- AIME James Douglas Gold Medal in 1974 Template:Webarchive Biography at The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers.
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- 1919 births
- 2012 deaths
- British metallurgists
- British physicists
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Alumni of the University of Birmingham
- Academics of the University of Birmingham
- Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge
- Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Masters of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Knights Bachelor
- Recipients of the Copley Medal
- Chief Scientific Advisers to HM Government
- Chief Scientific Advisers to the Ministry of Defence
- Vice-chancellors of the University of Cambridge
- People educated at Moseley School
- Goldsmiths' Professors of Materials Science
- Members of Academia Europaea