Sir Alan Cottrell

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:award gptkb:James_Douglas_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Bessemer_Gold_Medal
Knighthood
gptkbp:birthDate 1919-07-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Birmingham,_England
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 2012-02-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Philosophical_Magazine
gptkb:Acta_Metallurgica
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Birmingham
gptkbp:employer gptkb:UK_Government
gptkb:University_of_Birmingham
gptkb:University_of_Bristol
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:fellowship gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
gptkbp:field materials science
metallurgy
physics
gptkbp:fullName Alan Howard Cottrell
gptkbp:honoraryDegree gptkb:University_of_Birmingham
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Alan Cottrell
gptkbp:knownFor contributions to materials science
work on the theory of dislocations in metals
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:Indian_National_Science_Academy
gptkb:Royal_Academy_of_Engineering
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:US_National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:David_Pettifor
gptkb:Robert_Cahn
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:academic_administrator
gptkb:physicist
metallurgist
gptkbp:position gptkb:Master_of_Jesus_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:Goldsmiths'_Professor_of_Metallurgy,_University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:Chief_Scientific_Adviser_to_the_UK_Government
gptkbp:spouse Muriel Cottrell
gptkbp:thesisTitle X-ray and Electron Diffraction Studies of the Structure of Metals and Alloys
gptkbp:thesisYear 1942
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tata_Steel_Professor_of_Metallurgy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7