| RefNo | EC/1957/18 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XVI, 194; A56917 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Smith, Sir Frank Ewart: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Description | Certificate of Election |
| Citation | Distinguished for the application of a scientific mind and of scientific knowledge & methods to the design, development and management of chemical manufacturing plant & processes. He is responsible for the engineering work of ICI covering design and layout of its plants & the related engineering research & development work including instrumentation. He has taken a leading part in the collation & presentation of scientific knowledge to guide design & practice in the wide & complex engineering work of the process industries & for standardisation in that field.
In recent years he has contributed particularly to the application of scientific methods in the measurement & improvement of productivity including the related fields of applied psychology & industrial management.
As Chief Engineer & Superintendent of Armament Design of the Ministry of Supply, he stimulated & influenced, by his analytical approach, the development of weapons & their use including guns, small arms, rockets and guided projectiles. |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge: Henry Guy; W A Stanier; S Zuckerman; S F Dorey; David Pye; A C Egerton; D M Newitt; W G Penney; F A Freeth; Claude Gibb; W S Farren; J E Lennard-Jones; G I Taylor; Wallace A Askers; Harry R Ricardo; W E Garner; R W Bailey; Alex R Todd; R V Southall; Waverley; C Hinton |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2114 | Smith; Sir; Frank Ewart (1897 - 1995) | 1897 - 1995 |