Clifford Copland Paterson

Sir Clifford Copland Paterson FRS[1] (1879-1948) was an English scientist and electrical engineer.[2][3][4]

He was educated at Mill Hill School, the Finsbury Technical College, and Faraday House.

He was a director of the General Electric Company plc, as well as founder and director of their Wembley Research Laboratories. He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the National Physical Laboratory.

Paterson was the recipient of several honours, including an Honorary Doctorate in Science from the University of Birmingham in 1937, the Faraday Medal in 1945, the James Alfred Ewing Medal in 1946 and the Gold Medal of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America in 1948; he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1942 and was knighted in 1946.[1]

The Clifford Paterson Lecture is named in his honour.

References

  1. 1 2 Ryde, J. W. (1949). "Clifford Copland Paterson. 1879-1948". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 6 (18): 479. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1949.0010. JSTOR 768937.
  2. ↑ Anne Locker (2004). "Paterson, Sir Clifford Copland (1879–1948)". The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50385.
  3. ↑ Anonymous (1948). "Obituary. Sir Clifford Copland Paterson, FRS, 1879-1948". Journal of the ICE. 31: 99. doi:10.1680/IJOTI.1948.13386.
  4. ↑ "National Portrait Gallery - Person - Sir Clifford Copland Paterson". Retrieved 2012-02-25.
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