John Coulson
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John Metcalfe Coulson, born 13 December 1910 in Dudley
, died 6 January 1990,
was a British
chemical engineering
academic particularly known for co-writing a textbook on chemical engineering with Jack Richardson
(published in 1954), which became an established series of texts now known as Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering.
John Coulson was the twin brother of Charles Alfred Coulson, the noted chemist. Their father was Alfred Coulson (who became Principal of Dudley Technical College
) and their mother was Annie Sincere Hancock, a school headmistress.
He did his first degree at Cambridge
, then a postgraduate course in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College followed by research, achieving a PhD in 1935. He joined the academic staff, achieving the status of Reader. In 1954 he became the first head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Newcastle University, where he remained until his retirement in 1975, apart from a secondment to Heriot Watt University during its formation of a separate department of chemical engineering.
Coulson married twice, first to Dora (died 1961) with whom he had two sons, Anthony and Simon, and then in 1965 to Christine, who survived him.
He was awarded the George E. Davis
Medal of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
in 1973, and a DSc from Heriot Watt University the same year.
Dudley
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, died 6 January 1990,
was a British
British people
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chemical engineering
Chemical engineering
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academic particularly known for co-writing a textbook on chemical engineering with Jack Richardson
Jack Richardson (chemical engineer)
John Francis "Jack" Richardson, OBE, was a UK chemical engineering academic, notable for his research into multiphase flow and rheology, but best-known for a series of textbooks.-Life:...
(published in 1954), which became an established series of texts now known as Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering.
John Coulson was the twin brother of Charles Alfred Coulson, the noted chemist. Their father was Alfred Coulson (who became Principal of Dudley Technical College
Dudley College
Dudley College is a college of further education in Dudley, West Midlands, England.-History:In 1862 the Dudley Public Hall and Mechanics Institute was built. In 1896 this was expanded to become the Dudley Technical School, which became Dudley Technical College in 1926...
) and their mother was Annie Sincere Hancock, a school headmistress.
He did his first degree at Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, then a postgraduate course in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College followed by research, achieving a PhD in 1935. He joined the academic staff, achieving the status of Reader. In 1954 he became the first head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Newcastle University, where he remained until his retirement in 1975, apart from a secondment to Heriot Watt University during its formation of a separate department of chemical engineering.
Coulson married twice, first to Dora (died 1961) with whom he had two sons, Anthony and Simon, and then in 1965 to Christine, who survived him.
He was awarded the George E. Davis
George E. Davis
George Edward Davis is regarded as the founding father of the discipline of Chemical Engineering.Davis was born at Eton on 27 July 1850, the eldest son of George Davis, a bookseller. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a local bookbinder but he abandoned this trade after two years to...
Medal of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
Institution of Chemical Engineers
The Institution of Chemical Engineers is a global professional engineering institution with over 33,000 members in over 120 countries worldwide, founded in 1922, and awarded a Royal Charter in 1957.-Structure:...
in 1973, and a DSc from Heriot Watt University the same year.