| Authorised form of name | Rotherham; Leonard (1913 - 2001) |
| Dates | 1913 - 2001 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Date of birth | 31/08/1913 |
| Place of death | Horningsham, Wiltshire |
| Date of death | 23/03/2001 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Metallurgy |
| Nuclear science |
| Activity | Education:
Herbert Strutt School, Belper; University College, London. BSc (1935), MSc (1935)
Career:
Principal Physicist, Firth Brown Research Laboratories, Sheffield (1935-1946); Head of Metallurgy Department, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough (1946-1954); Director, Research and Development, UK Atomic Energy Authority, Risley (1954-1958); joined the Central Electricity Board (1958); Board member responsible for research, Central Electricity Board (1965-1969); Vice-Chancellor, Bath University (1969-1976); Honorary Professor, Bath University (1985-2001); Governor, Imperial College, London; Director, Chemring plc
Honours:
CBE 1970
Memberships:
Institute of Metallurgists (President 1964); Institute of Metals (President 1965)
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/03/1963 |
| Age at election | 49 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1965-1966 |
| Relationships | Married (1937) Nora Thompson; one son, two daughters |
| Source | Sources:
Obituaries: Independent Review (11 April 2001); Times (01 May 2001)
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2003 vol 49 pp 431-446, plate, by J Rodney Quayle and Geoffrey W Greenwood |
| Code | NA6142 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| HWT/16/1 | Correspondence and papers | July - August 1970 |
| PB/8/88 | 'The rich and poor nations' | 1971-1972 |
| IM/GA/WRS/9591 | Rotherham, Leonard | nd |
| WF/410 | Grant application from Bath University, School of Engineering to the Wolfso Foundation | 24 October 1972 |
| WF/677 | Grant application from the University of Manchester to the Wolfson Foundation | 1978-1982 |
| WF/681 | Grant application from the University of Sheffield to the Wolfson Foundation | 1 January 1978 |
| WF/678 | Grant application from the University of Bath to the Wolfson Foundation | 1978-1980 |
| WF/815 | Grant application from the University of Strathclyde to the Wolfson Foundation | 1980-1983 |
| WF/816 | Grant application from the University of Salford to the Wolfson Foundation | 1980-1985 |
| IM/GA/SGRS/8378 | Rotherham, Leonard | 1985 |
| WF/565 | Grant application from the University of Manchester to the Wolfson Foundation | 1974-1981 |
| WF/693 | Grant application from the University of Birmingham to the Wolfson Foundation | 1980-1983 |
| WF/990 | Grant application from Imperial College London to the Wolfson Foundation | 1980-1984 |
| WF/733 | Grant application from the University of Wales, Bangor to the Wolfson Foundation | 1978-1983 |
| WF/829 | Grant application from the University of Bath to the Wolfson Foundation | 1980-1983 |
| EC/1963/21 | Rotherham, Leonard: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |