John G. Collier
John Gordon Collier
Life
Collier was born 22 January 1935 in
He returned to UKAEA Harwell, and married a secretary from the establishment, Ellen Mitchell (1935–1998), in 1956. They had two children, Clare and John Douglas.
Work
He left the UKAEA in 1962 for employment in the nuclear power industry in Canada and the UK, but returned to head its chemical engineering division in 1966, then became head of safety and reliability. During this time he published a book Convective Boiling and Condensation (1972) which became a standard reference.
Honours
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 1988 and a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1990,[1] and received honorary doctorates from Cranfield University and the University of Bristol.[2]
In 1995 he took up office as the President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE),[4] but died the same year, while still in office.[5] In commemoration, the John Collier medal is awarded biennially jointly by the RAE, Royal Society and IChemE.[6]
Notable publications
- J. G. Collier (1972) Convective Boiling and Condensation (McGraw-Hill, London)
- J. G. Collier and J. R. Thorne (1996) Convective Boiling and Condensation 3rd edition (Oxford University Press)ISBN 978-0-19-856296-2
References
- ^ S2CID 72234236.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biographyaccessed 10 January 2009
- ^ Brian Eyre (23 November 1995). "OBITUARY:John Collier". The Independent.
- ^ The Chemical Engineer 15 June 1995 (no 590) pp 11–12 "The Privatising President"
- ^ www.icheme.org Archived 17 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine John Gordon Collier : 1995
- ^ IChemE website
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