| Authorised form of name | Christopherson; Sir; Derman Guy (1915 - 2000) |
| Dates | 1915 - 2000 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 06/09/1915 |
| Date of death | 07/11/2000 |
| Activity | Education:
Sherborne; University College, Oxford. PhD
Career:
Research work under Sir Richard Southwell; Staff, Ministry of Home Security (1941); Fellow, Magdalene College, Cambridge (after World War 2); Bursar, Magdaleen College, Cambridge; Professor, Leeds University (1949); Professor, Imperial College, London (1955); Vice-Chancellor and Warden, Durham Colleges (1960); instituted the Department of Engineering Science, Durham (1964); Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals (1967); on advisory committee for establishing the universities of Sussex and Kent; Member, Science Research Council; Chairman, Church of England Higher Education Committee; Member, Washington New Town Development Corporation; Chairman, Education Committee of the Council for National Academic Awards (1966-1974); Master, Magdalene College, Cambridge (1979-1985); Chairman, Royal Fine Art Commission (1980-1985)
Honours:
OBE 1946; Kt 1969
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 24/03/1960 |
| Age at election | 44 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1974-1975 |
| Relationships | Son of the Vicar of Clovelly, Devon; married (1940) Francis Teale (died 1998); three sons, one daughter |
| Sources | Sources:
Times obituary (10/11/2000)
Obituaries:
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2004 vol 50 pp 47-59, plate, by Duncan Dowson and Sir Gordon Higginson |
| Royal Society code | NA6938 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| HWT/39/20 | Great Britain-China Committee (later Great Britain-China Centre) | January 1973 |
| HWT/39/22 | Great Britain-China Committee (later Great Britain-China Centre) | February 1973 |
| IM/GA/GRS/7417 | Christopherson, Sir Derman Guy | 1978 |
| RR/65/55 | Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Oscillatory motion of a fluid along a circular tube' by Derman Guy Christopherson, A Gemant, A H A Hogg and Richard Vynne Southwell | August 1938 |
| RR/68/33 | Letter from David Randall Pye, to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, regarding a paper 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems - The elastic stability of plane frameworks and of flat plating' by Derman Guy Christopherson, L Fox, J R Green, F S Shaw and Richard Vynne Southwell | 15 November 1941 |
| RR/71/75 | Referee's report by Derman Guy Christopherson, on a paper 'The hydrodynamical theory of film lubrication' by W F Cope | 22 October 1948 |
| IM/GA/WRS/8697 | Christopherson, Sir Derman Guy | nd |
| EC/1960/03 | Christopherson, Sir Derman Guy: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WRS/9630 | Christopherson, Sir Derman Guy | nd |
| RR/65/36 | Referee's report by Sydney Goldstein, on a paper 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems IV. Problems relating to elastic stability and vibrations' by K N E Bradfield, Derman Guy Christopherson and Richard Vynne Southwell | August 1938 |
| RR/68/172 | Letter to Richard Vynne Southwell, regarding four papers 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIA - Biharmonic analysis as applied to the flexure and extension of flat elastic plates' by L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIB - The elastic stability of plane frameworks and of flat plating' by Derman Guy Christopherson, L Fox, J R Green, F S Shaw and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIC - Free transverse vibrations of membranes, with an application (by analogy) to two-dimensional oscillations in an electro-magnetic system' by D N De G Allen, L Fox, H Motz and Richard Vynne Southwell and 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIID - Stress distributions in elastic solids of revolution' by D N De G Allen, L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell | 27 July 1945 |
| RR/65/37 | Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems IV. Problems relating to elastic stability and vibrations' by K N E Bradfield, Derman Guy Christopherson and Richard Vynne Southwell | April 1938 |
| RR/68/34 | Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems - The elastic stability of plane frameworks and of flat plating' by Derman Guy Christopherson, L Fox, J R Green, F S Shaw and Richard Vynne Southwell | [1941] |
| RR/68/167 | Second letter from Richard Vynne Southwell, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding the Bakerian Lecture 'Bakerian Lecture. On relaxation methods: A mathematics for engineering science' by Richard Vynne Southwell, and five papers 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIC - Free transverse vibrations of membranes, with an application (by analogy) to two-dimensional oscillations in an electro-magnetic system' by D N De G Allen, L Fox, H Motz and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIID - Stress distributions in elastic solids of revolution' by D N De G Allen, L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxing methods applied to engineering problems VIII A. Problems relating to large transverse displacements of thin elastic plates' by J R Green and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIA - Biharmonic analysis as applied to the flexure and extension of flat elastic plates' by L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell and 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIB - The elastic stability of plane frameworks and of flat plating' by Derman Guy Christopherson, L Fox, J R Green, F S Shaw and Richard Vynne Southwell | 17 September 1945 |
| RR/68/169 | Letter from Richard Vynne Southwell, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding the Bakerian Lecture 'Bakerian Lecture. On relaxation methods: A mathematics for engineering science' by Richard Vynne Southwell, and five papers 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIC - Free transverse vibrations of membranes, with an application (by analogy) to two-dimensional oscillations in an electro-magnetic system' by D N De G Allen, L Fox, H Motz and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIID - Stress distributions in elastic solids of revolution' by D N De G Allen, L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxing methods applied to engineering problems VIII A. Problems relating to large transverse displacements of thin elastic plates' by J R Green and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIA - Biharmonic analysis as applied to the flexure and extension of flat elastic plates' by L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell and 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIB - The elastic stability of plane frameworks and of flat plating' by Derman Guy Christopherson, L Fox, J R Green, F S Shaw and Richard Vynne Southwell | 25 July 1945 |