Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science

The Goldsmiths' Professorship of Materials Science is a professorship in the University of Cambridge, associated with the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy ^[1].

The professorship was established by grace of 20 November 1931 as the Goldsmiths' Professorship of Metallurgy to replace the Goldsmiths' Readership in Metallurgy. A further gift of £12,500 was received from the Goldsmiths' Company in 1933. It was retitled the Goldsmiths' Professorship of Materials Science by grace 4 of 19 June 1991.

Goldsmiths' Professors of Metallurgy

1932 Robert Hutton (retired 1942)
1945 George Wesley Austin
1958 Sir Alan Cottrell (resigned 1965)
1966 Robert Honeycombe^[2]
1984 Derek Hull (retired 1991)
1990 Colin John Humphreys^[3]

Goldsmiths' Professors of Materials Science

2008 Anthony Cheetham^[4]

Sources

Cambridge University Officers

References

^ Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
^ Tributes paid to Professor Sir Robert Honeycombe (1921 – 2007), 2007-09-19, retrieved 2009-03-30 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Old Testament: new ideas, 2003-01-16, retrieved 2009-03-30 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Report of the General Board on the establishment of a single-tenure Professorship of Materials Science, 2007-05-04, retrieved 2009-03-30 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[1] Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy

[2] Tributes paid to Professor Sir Robert Honeycombe (1921 – 2007), 2007-09-19, retrieved 2009-03-30 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[3] Old Testament: new ideas, 2003-01-16, retrieved 2009-03-30 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[4] Report of the General Board on the establishment of a single-tenure Professorship of Materials Science, 2007-05-04, retrieved 2009-03-30 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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