Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science
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The Goldsmiths' Professorship of Materials Science is a professorship in the University of Cambridge
, associated with the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
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The professorship was established by grace of 20 November 1931 as the Goldsmiths' Professorship of Metallurgy to replace the Goldsmiths' Readership in Metallurgy. A further gift of £12,500 was received from the Goldsmiths' Company in 1933. It was retitled the Goldsmiths' Professorship of Materials Science by grace 4 of 19 June 1991.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, associated with the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
The Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy is a large research and teaching division of the University of Cambridge. It is located in an Arup building at the New Museums site in the city of Cambridge.-Research Areas:* Biomaterials...
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The professorship was established by grace of 20 November 1931 as the Goldsmiths' Professorship of Metallurgy to replace the Goldsmiths' Readership in Metallurgy. A further gift of £12,500 was received from the Goldsmiths' Company in 1933. It was retitled the Goldsmiths' Professorship of Materials Science by grace 4 of 19 June 1991.
Goldsmiths' Professors of Metallurgy
- 1932 Robert HuttonRobert HuttonDr Robert Hutton, was Goldsmiths’ Professor in Metallurgy at Cambridge University from 1931 to 1942 and known for his work with the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning in assisting academics to flee the Nazi regime in Germany.-Early life:Robert Salmon Hutton was the son of J.B...
(retired 1942) - 1945 George Wesley Austin
- 1958 Sir Alan CottrellAlan CottrellSir Alan Howard Cottrell, FRS is a British metallurgist and physicist. He received his BSc degree from the University of Birmingham in 1939 and a PhD for research on welding in 1942. He joined the staff as a lecturer at Birmingham, being made professor in 1949, and transforming the teaching of...
(resigned 1965) - 1966 Robert HoneycombeRobert HoneycombeSir Robert William Kerr Honeycombe, FREng, FRS, was a former Goldsmiths' Professor of Metallurgy and Professor Emeritus of the University of Cambridge. He was an Honorary Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge....
- 1984 Derek Hull (retired 1991)
- 1990 Colin John Humphreys