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Authorised form of nameDowson; Duncan (1928 - 2020); Engineer
Dates1928 - 2020
NationalityBritish
Place of birthKirkbymoorside, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of birth31/08/1928
Date of death06/01/2020
OccupationEngineer
ActivityEducation:
Lady Lumley's School; University of Leeds, BSc, PhD (1952), DSc in engineering
Career:
Research Engineer, Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Company (1952-1954); Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds (1954-1993); Director, Institute of Tribology, University of Leeds (1967-1986); retired 1993
Honours:
CBE 1989
Memberships:
FREng (1982); Institution of Mechanical Engineers (President 1992)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election19/03/1987
Age at election58
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/94411178
CodeNA4426
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/GA/GGRS/8555Dowson, Duncan1990
EC/1987/08Dowson, Duncan: certificate of election to the Royal Society1981
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