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Authorised form of nameCottrell; Sir; Alan Howard (1919-2012)
Dates1919-2012
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBirmingham, England
Date of birth17/07/1919
Date of death15/02/2012
ActivityHonours:
Kt 1971
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/03/1955
Age at election35
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1963-1965, 1975-1977; VP 1964-1965, 1975-1977
Medals and prizes:
Hughes Medal 1961; Rumford Medal 1974; Copley Medal 1996
Lectures:
Bakerian 1963
CodeNA4348
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/GA/WRS/9633Cottrell, Sir Alan Howardnd
IM/000964Cottrell, Sir Alan Howard1996
IM/GA/WRS/9450Cottrell, Sir Alan Howardnd
EC/1955/03Cottrell, Sir Alan Howard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
WF/345Grant application from the University of Cambridge to the Wolfson Foundation20 October 1968
AP/85/4Unpublished paper, 'Isotopic thermal diffusion in gases' by R V Hesketh1979
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