John Stuart Archer
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Life
Archer was born in London on 15 June 1943 and went to Chiswick County Grammar School.[1] He obtained a BSc in Industrial chemistry from City University London in 1965 and a PhD from Imperial College London.[2] In 1969 he emigrated to Canada with his wife Lesley and got a job as a petroleum engineer.[3] He returned to the UK in 1973, and worked in the European gas fields.[3]
He entered academia as a reader in petroleum engineering at Imperial College in 1980, becoming a professor in 1986, then head of the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering in 1987.[3] After further senior positions at Imperial College, including two years as dean of the Royal School of Mines in 1989–91, he joined Heriot-Watt University in 1997 as vice-chancellor and principal, until his retirement in July 2006.[3] He died 9 December 2007 of cancer, survived by his wife and their son and daughter (the sociologist Professor Louise Archer).[4]
Honours and professional affiliations
Archer was appointed a CBE in 2002 for services to higher education.[5] He was a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[3] He served as president of the Institution of Chemical Engineers for 2005–2006, which included responsibility for the World Congress in Chemical Engineering, held in Glasgow in 2005.[2] He received honorary degrees from the University of Edinburgh, Imperial College, City University and Heriot-Watt University.[6]
References
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- ↑ a b The Chemical Engineer, issue 800 (Feb 2008) page 54
- ↑ a b c d e Heriot-Watt Institute of Petroleum EngineeringScript error: No such module "Unsubst". Obituary
- ↑ Times Higher Education 17 January 2008 Obituary by Melanie Newman
- ↑ The Guardian 15 June 2002
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