RefNo | EC/1952/01 |
Previous numbers | Cert XVI, 31; A00056 |
Level | Item |
Title | Akers, Sir Wallace Alan: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
Description | Citation typed |
Citation | C.B.E., B.A., (Oxon), Hon.D.Sc., (Durham) Distinguished for his knowledge of chemistry, mores especially industrial chemistry. In charge of erection of first coal hydrogenation plant in this country. Technical Director of Atomic Energy Project during the war ("Tube Alloys"). Largely responsible for building and supervising large and flourishing research departments in various branches of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. |
Proposers | From Personal Knowledge. Cherwell; J D Cockcroft; H W Thompson; E J Bowen; N V Sidgwick; L E Sutton; D M Newitt; A C Egerton; R P Linstead; M Stacey; E A Guggenheim; T E Allibone |
AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA763 | Akers; Sir; Wallace Alan (1888 - 1954) | 1888 - 1954 |