| Authorised form of name | Davidson; John Frank (1926 - 2019); chemical engineer |
| Dates | 1926 - 2019 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of birth | 07/02/1926 |
| Date of death | 25/12/2019 |
| Occupation | Chemical engineer |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/03/1974 |
| Age at election | 48 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1988-1989; VP 1988-1989
Medals and prizes:
Leverhulme Medal 1984; Royal Medal 1999 |
| OtherInfo | John Davidson successfully applied science to a number of problems in chemical engineering. His work included the study of thin liquid films and accompanying mass-transfer in packed columns, and also various aspects of the mechanics of single bubbles and swarms of bubbles. However, his principal contributions over the last ten years were in the industrially important field of fluidisation. John’s work, theoretical and experimental, threw much light on the mechanics of fluidised beds and simplified the study of a variety of particulate systems. It has also made possible the analysis of chemically-reacting fluidised systems.
Professor John Davidson FREng FRS died on 25 December 2019. |
| Source | Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davidson_(chemical_engineer) |
| Code | NA5068 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/GRS/6344 | Davidson, John Frank | nd |
| RR/72/34 | Referee's report by Arthur Fage, on a paper 'The flow under gravity of a swirling liquid through an orifice-plate' by Alfred Maurice Binnie and John Frank Davidson | 1949 |
| EC/1974/07 | Davidson, John Frank: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/001079 | Davidson, John Frank | 1999 |
| RR/75/238 | Referee's report by Richard Vynne Southwell, on a paper 'The elastic stability of bent I section beams' by John Frank Davidson | 8 October 1951 |
| JFD | Papers of John Frank Davidson FRS, chemical engineer | c.1950s-2010s |