Alan Cottrell
Sir Alan Howard Cottrell (born July 17, 1919 in Birmingham , Warwickshire , now West Midlands , † February 15, 2012 in Cambridge , Cambridgeshire ) was a British metallurgist and physicist .
Live and act
Cottrell studied at the University of Birmingham and received his doctorate there in 1942.
It was from 1958 to 1965 Goldsmiths' professor of metallurgy at Cambridge University and a member ("Fellow") of Christ's College . He then worked in various positions for the government, finally from 1971 to 1974 as Chief Scientific Adviser . He was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1973 to 1986 and Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University from 1977 to 1979.
Cottrell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1955 , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1960, and the National Academy of Sciences in 1972 . In 1961 he was awarded the Hughes Medal and in 1996 the Copley Medal and the Von Hippel Award . In 1971 he was beaten to a Knight Bachelor degree .
Works
- Theoretical Structural Metallurgy (1948)
- Dislocations and Plastic Flows in Crystals (1953)
- Superconductivity (1964)
- An Introduction to Metallurgy (1967)
- Portrait of Nature: the world as seen by modern science (1975)
- How Safe is Nuclear Energy? (1982)
- Concepts in the Electron Theory of Alloys (1998)
Web links
- Obituary for Cottrell, Cambridge University, PDF, English
- Sir Alan Cottrell FRS (July 17, 1919 - February 15, 2012), English
- Sir Alan Cottrell, English
Individual evidence
- ^ Sir Alan Cottrell FRS ( Memento of May 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Christ's College, Cambridge . February 15, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cottrell, Alan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cottrell, Alan Howard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British metallurgist and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 2012 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |