Sir Alan Howard Cottrell, FRS (17 July 1919 – 15 February 2012) was an English metallurgist and physicist.
He was also former Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government and vice-chancellor of Cambridge University 1977–1979.
Sir Alan Cottrell | |
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Born | 17 July 1919 Birmingham, Warwickshire (now West Midlands) |
Died | 15 February 2012 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | (aged 92)
Nationality | English |
Citizenship | British |
Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
Known for | Cottrell atmosphere Lomer–Cottrell junction Crack tip opening displacement |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society Hughes Medal (1961) Harvey Prize (1974) Rumford Medal (1974) Copley Medal (1996) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Metallurgist, Physicist |
Cottrell was educated at Moseley Grammar School and the University of Birmingham, where he gained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1939 and a PhD for research on welding in 1942.
Cottrell joined the staff as a lecturer at Birmingham, being made professor in 1949, and transforming the teaching of the department by emphasising modern concepts of solid state physics. In 1955 he moved to A.E.R.E. Harwell, to become Deputy Head of Metallurgy under Monty Finniston.
From 1958 to 1965 Cottrell was Goldsmiths' Professor of Metallurgy at Cambridge University, and a fellow of Christ's College. He later worked for the government in various capacities, ultimately as Chief Scientific Adviser from 1971 to 1974, before becoming Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, from 1973 to 1986, and Vice-Chancellor of the university in 1977–1979.
Cottrell died on 15 February 2012 after a brief illness.
He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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