Willis Jackson, Baron Jackson of Burnley

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Willis Jackson, Baron Jackson of Burnley FRS (born October 29, 1904 in Burnley , † February 17, 1970 ) was a British electrical engineer.

education

Willis Jackson was the only son of Herbert Jackson and his wife Annie, nee Hiley. By 1925 he studied electrical engineering at Victoria University of Manchester . He earned a Bachelor of Science with excellent degrees and after receiving three grants. In 1926 he completed the Master of Science .

Professional career

After his training, Willis Jackson was first lecturer in electrical engineering at Bradford Technical College (now the University of Bradford ). The following year he worked as a trainee for the electrical company Metropolitan-Vickers . From 1930 he taught at the Institute of Science and Technology at the University of Manchester and from 1933 at Queen's College , Oxford . In 1936 he graduated as Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford and as Doctor of Science in Manchester. He then worked for Vickers as a research engineer for two years until he got a professorship in Manchester. In 1946 he moved to the Imperial College London as a professor of electrical engineering , was elected to the Royal Society in 1953 and was again employed by Vickers until 1961, as director of the department for research and training.

Jackson held many committee and association offices throughout his life. From 1958 to 1960 he was President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and then President of the Association of Supervising Electrical Engineers . Until 1962 he was chairman of the board of directors of the Royal Technical Institute, Salford (now the University of Salford ) for four years . In 1961 he returned to Imperial College , where he headed the Department of Electrical Engineering until his death in 1970 . For the past three years he has been the college's vice rector . In 1962 he became a member of the Southern Eastern Electricity Board . 1940 Jackson was for four years in the Radio Research Board of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research , of which he was a member until 1950. From 1945 he was a member of an advisory committee of the British Ministry of Education and from 1947 of the Department of Energy. The following year he also became a member of the BBC's technical advisory board , and in 1951 was a member of the selection committee for the Commonwealth Fund Fellowships .

In the last years of his life, Willis Jackson helped set up the Indian Institute of Technology .

Honors

1958 Willis Jackson was beaten to Knight Bachelor . In 1967 he was named a Life Peer , Baron Jackson of Burnley, in the County Palatine of Lancaster .

Jackson's achievements have also been recognized with numerous honorary doctorates, such as the Doctor of Science from ETH Zurich , the University of Bristol and City University London . He received honorary degrees in engineering from the University of Sheffield and from the University of Aberdeen and the University of Leeds in law .

Personal

Willis Jackson was married from 1938; he and his wife had two daughters.

Fonts

  • High Frequency Transmission Lines, etc (1945)
  • Advanced Courses in Electrical Engineering (1950)
  • The Insulation of Electrical Equipment (1954)
  • Partnership Between Science and Electrical Engineering (1962)
  • Scientific, Technological and Technical Manpower (1963)
  • A Review of the Scope and Problems of Scientific and Technological Manpower Policy (1965)
  • Macdonald Trends and Developments in Engineering Series General (1965)
  • Technology and the Developing Countries (1966)
  • Manpower for Engineering and Technology (1970)

literature

  • Who's Who 1963. Edited by Adam & Charles Black Ltd. London 1963
  • D. Gabor / J. Brown: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . Edited by the Royal Society. London 1971
  • Hannah Gay: The History of Imperial College London, 1907-2007. Higher Education and Research in Science, Technology and Medicine . Imperial College Press London 2007. ISBN 978-1-86094-708-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ D. Gabor / J. Brown: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . P. 379
  2. ↑ a b c JACKSON, Willis, Baron Jackson of Burnley (1904-1970) . AIM25. Retrieved October 22, 2006.
  3. ↑ a b c D. Gabor / J. Brown: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . P. 380
  4. ↑ D. Gabor / J. Brown: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . P. 381
  5. ↑ D. Gabor / J. Brown: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . P. 381
  6. ↑ D. Gabor / J. Brown: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . P. 382
  7. ↑ D. Gabor / J. Brown: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . P. 384
  8. ↑ entry on Jackson; Willis (1904-1970); Baron Jackson of Burnley in the Royal Society Archives , London
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g h Who's Who (1963), p. 1574
  10. ↑ D. Gabor / J. Brown: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . P. 355
  11. ^ Hannah Gay: The History of Imperial College London, 1907-2007: Higher Education and Research in Science, Technology and Medicine . P. 749
  12. ↑ D. Gabor / J. Brown: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . P. 392
  13. ↑ London Gazette v. July 18, 1958 Retrieved January 4, 2010
  14. ↑ London Gazette v. January 20, 1967 Retrieved January 4, 2010
  15. ^ Website of the City University of London
  16. ^ Honorary Graduates . University of Leeds. Archived from the original on August 10, 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
  17. ↑ Gabor and Brown (1970), p. 382
personal data
SURNAME Jackson, Willis, Baron Jackson of Burnley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British electrical engineer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Burnley
DATE OF DEATH 17th February 1970