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Authorised form of nameRotherham; Leonard (1913 - 2001)
Dates1913 - 2001
NationalityBritish
Place of birthSutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Date of birth31/08/1913
Place of deathHorningsham, Wiltshire
Date of death23/03/2001
Research fieldPhysics
Metallurgy
Nuclear science
ActivityEducation:
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 categoryFellow
Date of election21/03/1963
Age at election49
Royal Society activityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1965-1966
RelationshipsMarried (1937) Nora Thompson; one son, two daughters
SourcesSources:
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
Royal Society codeNA6142
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
HWT/16/1Correspondence and papersJuly - August 1970
PB/8/88'The rich and poor nations'1971-1972
IM/GA/WRS/9591Rotherham, Leonardnd
WF/410Grant application from Bath University, School of Engineering to the Wolfso Foundation1972
WF/677Grant application from the University of Manchester to the Wolfson Foundation1978-1982
WF/681Grant application from the University of Sheffield to the Wolfson Foundation1 January 1978
WF/678Grant application from the University of Bath to the Wolfson Foundation1978-1980
WF/815Grant application from the University of Strathclyde to the Wolfson Foundation1980-1983
WF/816Grant application from the University of Salford to the Wolfson Foundation1980-1985
IM/GA/SGRS/8378Rotherham, Leonard1985
WF/565Grant application from the University of Manchester to the Wolfson Foundation1974-1981
WF/693Grant application from the University of Birmingham to the Wolfson Foundation1980-1983
WF/990Grant application from Imperial College London to the Wolfson Foundation1980-1984
WF/733Grant application from the University of Wales, Bangor to the Wolfson Foundation1978-1983
WF/829Grant application from the University of Bath to the Wolfson Foundation1980-1983
EC/1963/21Rotherham, Leonard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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