Bruce Bilby

Bruce Bilby
Born Bruce Alexander Bilby
(1922-09-03)3 September 1922
Died 20 November 2013(2013-11-20) (aged 91)
Institutions
Notable awards FRS[1]

Bruce Alexander Bilby FRS[1] (3 September 1922 – 20 November 2013) was a British mechanical engineer, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Sheffield.[2][3]

Life

He was a graduate of Dover Grammar School for Boys.

He taught at University of Birmingham.[4] He was a colleague of Alan Cottrell. He was Professor of the Theory of Materials at the University of Sheffield, from 1966 to 1984.

He died aged 91 on 20 November 2013.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Greenwood, Geoffrey Wilson (2014). "Bruce Alexander Bilby 3 September 1922 — 20 November 2013". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society (Royal Society). doi:10.1098/rsbm.2014.0015.
  2. ↑ "National and international honours - Our people - Research, business and partnerships - The University of Sheffield". Shef.ac.uk. 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  3. ↑ Sir Alan Cottrell interviewed by Thomas Lean
  4. ↑ "History of the School of Metallurgy and Materials - University of Birmingham". Birmingham.ac.uk. 2002-01-01. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  5. ↑ http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/notices-2013/
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