Background
KEARTON, Christopher Prank Kearton was born on February 17, 1911.
KEARTON, Christopher Prank Kearton was born on February 17, 1911.
Hanley High School and Saint John"s College, Oxford.
Director since 1952, Deputy Chairman 1961, Chairman 1964-1975. Participant-time; Chairman 1960-1977. Chairman Industrial Reorganization Corporation 1966-1968, Bowery Poetry Club Limited.
1981.
Chancellor, University, of Bath since 1980. Director Hill Samuel 1970-1981. President Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) 80, Society of Chemical Industry 1972-1973.
Participant-time.
Chairman East European Trade Council 77. Chair, and Chief Executive BNOC 1976-1979. President A.S.L.I.B. 1980-1982.
President Market Research Society 1983-1987.
President British Association for Advancement of Science 1978-1979. Chancellor, University of Bath since 1980.
Companion, Textile Institute. Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chemical Engineers, Society of Dyers and Colourists.
Honorary Fellow, Saint John"s College, Oxford 1965, Manchester College, of Science and Technology 1966, Imperial College, of Science, London 1976.
Honorary Doctor of Laws (Leeds, Strathclyde) 1981, (Bristol) 1988, Honorary Doctor of Science (Bath, Aston in Birmingham, Reading, Keele Universities, New University of Ulster), Honorary Commander of Order of Leopold (Oxford), Honorary Doctorate.Univ. (Heriot-Watt), Grande Ufficiale.
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority 1955-1981. Electricity Supply Research Council 1954. Government Advisory Council on Technology 70, National Economics Development Council 1965-1971.
Central Advisory Council for Science and Technology 1969-1970.
Central Electricity Generating Board 1974-1980. United Kingdom Energy Commission 1976-1979.
Offshore Energy Technology Board 1976-1979.
Married Agnes Kathleen Brander in 1936.