Background
DOWSON., C.B.E. was born on August 31, 1928. Son of Wilfrid Dowson and Hannah Dowson.
professor of mechanical engineering
DOWSON., C.B.E. was born on August 31, 1928. Son of Wilfrid Dowson and Hannah Dowson.
Lady Lumley’s Grammar School, Pickering and University of Leeds.
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering University of Leeds 1954, Senior Lecturer 1963, Reader 1965, Professor, of Engineering Fluid Mechanics and Tribology since 1966, Director Institute of Tribology", Department, of Mechanics Engineering 1967-1987, Head, Department, of Mechanics Engineering since 1987.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor.
University of Leeds 1983-1985. Dean for Institute Relations since 1987. Foreign; Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).
American Society of Lubrication Engineers (ASLE).
Recipient of; professional.
Royal Swedish Academy, of Engineering Sciences.
Married Mabel Strickland in 1951.