Bernard Crossland
Sir Bernard Crossland
Life
Crossland was born in London, England. Upon leaving
PhD from the University of Bristol
in 1953.
His teaching career began at
Pro-Vice Chancellor before his retirement in 1982. He was president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
in 1986.
After retirement, Sir Bernard became involved in the investigation of several accidents, the most noteworthy of which was the King's Cross fire where he headed up the scientific committee which established the cause of the fire and made recommendations to prevent such a tragedy from occurring again.
In his later years, Sir Bernard served as an
Computer Science department, was named after him until March 2017.[4]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979, appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1980 and knighted in 1990.[5]
In 2001 he was awarded the Cunningham Medal of the Royal Irish Academy.[6]
References
- ^ "Professor Sir Bernard Crossland". The Telegraph. London. 23 January 2011.
- ^ Adrian Long (20 February 2011). "Sir Bernard Crossland obituary". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "Engineer Bernard Crossland dies". BBC. 19 January 2011.
- ^ "Queen's opens £14m world class Computer Science hub". 8 April 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Professor Sir Bernard Crossland". The Daily Telegraph. London. 23 January 2011.
- ^ "RIA Cunningham Medal 2013/14". Royal Irish Academy. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
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