John Bridgwater

John Bridgwater FREng^[1] (10 January 1938 – May 2021) was a Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge.^[2]

Life

Bridgwater was born 10 January 1938 and went to Solihull School.^[3]^[4] He gained a BA in chemical engineering at St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1959, an MSE in chemical engineering at Princeton University in 1961.^[3]^[5]^[4] He then worked for Courtaulds^[2] before returning to Cambridge, becoming a lecturer in 1964^[4] and obtaining a PhD in 1973.^[5]^[4]

In 1980 he took up a post as professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Birmingham, becoming Head of Department from 1983 to 1989,^[6]^[4] and Dean of the Faculty from 1989-1992.^[2] In 1993 he took up the position of Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at Cambridge, which he held until his retirement in 2004, being also Head of Department from 1993 to 1998.^[7]^[4] Upon his retirement a symposium was held to celebrate his achievements, particularly in research into particle science, where he had authored some 200 papers.^[7]

He died in May 2021.^[4]

Honours

Bridgwater was a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering from 1987 and President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers for 1997-8.^[2] He was an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology of the University of Cambridge.^[8]

References

^ "List of Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Debretts People of Today Online John Bridgwater, FREng
^ ^a ^b "John Bridgwater : 1997". www.icheme.org. Institution of Chemical Engineers. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Anonymous (October 2021). "John Bridgwater, 1938-2021". The Chemical Engineer (964): 56.
^ ^a ^b Chemical Engineering, Cambridge Archived 11 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine Prof John Bridgwater
^ A history of chemical engineering at Birmingham 1980-2000
^ ^a ^b "John Bridgwater Symposium". Archived from the original on 24 December 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
^ "Professor John Bridgwater". www.ceb.cam.ac.uk. University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.