Harris, John Edwin [Jack] (1932–2009), metallurgist and science writer
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
P ublished online January 2013 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Metals, Alloying, and Corrosion; History of Science and Technology; Medicinal Chemistry. 999 words.
Harris, John Edwin [Jack] (1932–2009), metallurgist and science writer, was born on 2 June 1932 at Oak Cottage, Penhow, near Chepstow, Monmouthshire, the elder son of John Frederick (Fred)...
Smith, Cyril Stanley (1903–1992), metallurgist and historian of technology
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Metals, Alloying, and Corrosion; History of Science and Technology; Medicinal Chemistry. 1199 words.
Smith, Cyril Stanley (1903–1992), metallurgist and historian of technology, was born on 4 October 1903 in Birmingham, the third of the four children of Joseph Seymour Smith, a commercial...