| Authorised form of name | Warner; Sir; Frederick Edward (1910 - 2010) |
| Dates | 1910 - 2010 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Prospect Terrace, Grays Inn Road, London, England |
| Date of birth | 31/03/1910 |
| Date of death | 03/07/2010 |
| Activity | Education:
Wanstead National School and Bancrofts School, Woodford Green, Essex; studied chemistry for his BSc at University College London, supported by an Old Bancroftian Exhibition; graduated BSc (1931); research in chemical engineering, passed Diploma (1933).
Career:
Assistant chemical engineer with A Boake Roberts & Co Ltd (1934); research engineer with British Launderers Research Association (1938-1940); Construction Superintendant at Cynamid Products (1940-1944); Design and Sales Engineer at APV (1944-1948); joined Carless Capel and Leonard (1948-1956); founded the consulting engineers partnership Cremer and Warner (1956) with his friend Herbert Cremer, which worked around the world solving problems with large scale chemical plants, air and water pollution and coal and oil gasification. Warner's work with the Soviets on gasifying coal underground led to work on the mathematical modelling of flows on the river Thames and its dissolved oxygen levels and sewage station outfalls, which subsequently led to a significant clean-up of the river, enabling fish stocks to recovrer and saw migratory salmon and sea trout return. Retired from the company in 1980. Visiting Professor in the University of Essex. Was the court expert on the Flixborough chemical plant in Lincolnshire explosion in 1974.Member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (1973-76); assessor on the Windscale Enquiry (1977) examining the building of a plant for processing nuclear fuel from the UK and abroad, at the site later known as Sellafield.
Leading authority on chemical risk management and nuclear safety and led the first international team into the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in 1986. On his return to Britain he propopsed the formation of a permanent task force of older scientists who would enter comtaminated areas after serious nucler accidents to make initial damage assessments. Led to formation of the Volunteers for Ionising Radiation (VIR) which was incorporated into the emergency provisions of the Order of St John.
Honours:
Kt 1968 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1976 |
| Age at election | 65 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Leverhulme Medal 1978; Buchanan Medal 1982 |
| Relationships | Married (1) Margaret, who died in 2006, by whom he had two sons and two daughters; (2) Barbara, married 1958 |
| Source | Papers catalogued by the National Cataloguing Unit of the Archives of Contemporary Scientists (ref. NCUACS 144/1/06, 379 pages, deposited with Essex University Library |
| Code | NA6217 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/004798 | Warner, Sir Frederick Edward | 1990 |
| IM/GA/JGRS/8016 | Warner, Sir Frederick Edward | 1977 |
| EC/1976/36 | Warner, Sir Frederick Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1971 |