Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering
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The Shell Professors of Chemical Engineering is a professorship at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
at the University of Cambridge
. It was created in 1945 after a £450,000 donation was made by Shell
for the purpose of creating a dedicated chemical engineering department, with Terence Fox
serving as the first professor.
Cambridge University Department of Chemical Engineering
The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge is one of the smaller departments in the university. It was formed from the merger of The Department of Chemical Engineering and The Institute of Biotechnology on 1 August 2008. The main site is situated at...
at the University of Cambridge
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...
. It was created in 1945 after a £450,000 donation was made by Shell
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
for the purpose of creating a dedicated chemical engineering department, with Terence Fox
Terence Fox
Terence Robert Corelli Fox , often called T.R.C. Fox, was a notable British chemical engineer. He was a member of the Atomic Energy Council and the first Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge.Fox was born on 2 May 1912, the son of an electrical engineer, and...
serving as the first professor.
Shell Professors of Chemical Engineering
- 1945–1959:Terence FoxTerence FoxTerence Robert Corelli Fox , often called T.R.C. Fox, was a notable British chemical engineer. He was a member of the Atomic Energy Council and the first Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge.Fox was born on 2 May 1912, the son of an electrical engineer, and...
- 1959–1978:Peter Victor DanckwertsPeter Victor DanckwertsPeter Victor Danckwerts GC, MBE, FRS was Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at Cambridge University from 1959 to 1977 and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge....
- 1978–1993:John Frank DavidsonJohn Frank DavidsonJohn Frank Davidson is a British chemical engineer and former Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge.-Early life:He attended Heaton Grammar School in Heaton, Newcastle...
- 1993–2004:John BridgwaterJohn BridgwaterJohn Bridgwater is a retired Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge.Bridgwater gained a BA in chemical engineering at the University of Cambridge in 1959, an MSE in chemical engineering at Princeton University in 1961...
- 2004–present:Lynn GladdenLynn GladdenLynn Faith Gladden CBE, FRS is the Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering and was Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge up until 1 October 2010. She is also a Pro-Vice Chancellor from 1 January 2010 and a Fellow of Trinity College since 1999...