Person Paterson; Sir; Clifford Copland (1879 - 1948); engineer Paterson Clifford Copland Sir engineer 1879 - 1948 British Male Westfield, Cazenove Road, Stoke Newington, London, England 17 October 1879 18791017 Peace Memorial Hospital, Watford, Hertfordshire, England 26/07/1948 19480726 Marriage: Stamford Hill Congregational Church, London, England.

engineer Electrical engineering Engineering Education: Private school (1892-1896); Mill Hill School; Finsbury Technical College Career: Undertook engineering apprenticeships with George Wailes & Co. London, and Mirrlees, Watson & Co. Glasgow (1897); special student assistant in the department under Alexander Russell (FRS 1924), Faraday House, London (1901); worked on the Jungfrau railway installation, Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon, Switzerland (1902); assistant, later principal assistant, of the electrotechnical and photometric divisions of the National Physical Laboratory (1903); first secretary of the international commission on illumination (1913); Joint secretary of the Home Office committee on the lighting of factories and workshops (1915); member of the Board of Trade committee on ships' navigation lights, and chairman of the British Engineering Standards Association committee dealing with the lamps used by the Royal Flying Corps (1914-1918); approached to join Osram Lamps, eventually agreeing to do so once the War ended, by which time the Osram works became amalgamated with the General Electric Company (GEC) (1916-1918); built a large industrial research laboratory, General Electric Company (1919); responsible for development and expansion of laboratories, including their relocation to new premises in Wembley, London (1922); the Wembley laboratories were tasked with improving the cavity magnetron design and producing sets for practical use; director of GEC; founder and director of their Wembley Research Laboratories (1939-1945; became very ill on his return from a trip to Australia and New Zealand (1948). Honours: OBE ; Kt 1946 Memberships: Institution of Electrical Engineers (President 1930) Illuminating Engineering Society 1928 Electrical Research Association (President 1938) Awards/Medals: Faraday Medal 1945 James Alfred Ewing Medal 1946 Gold Medal of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America 1948 Parents: Frederick Paterson, tanner and leather merchant, and Janette, née May. Spouse: (1905) Eleanor Daisy Ogden (1875–1962). Children: One daughter and two sons. Shared responsibility for the development of the Paterson-Walsh electrical height-finder. Created a centralised research establishment now regarded as a model of its kind. The Clfford Paterson Lecture of the Royal Society, given biennally on engineering topics, is named after him. Fellow 19/03/1942 63 George Ingle Finch Edward Neville da Costa Andrade Edward Victor Appleton Henry Thomas Tizard James Swinburne Robert Robertson Miles Walker Leonard Bairstow Ralph Howard Fowler William Lawrence Bragg Alexander Russell Alfred Fowler DNB; Grace's Guide to British Industrial History Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1948-1949 vol 6 pp 479-501, plate, by J W Ryde International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1949.0010 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Paterson%2C+Clifford+Copland RCN 305 17 Oct 1879 - 26 Jul 1948 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 06/11/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA2229 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 6416fb12-9328-4cd2-a129-c4fb3a09d988