John Poskitt Paul

Background

Paul, John Poskitt was born on June 27, 1927 in Sunderland, Durham, England. Son of William Boag and Maude Meikle (Poskitt) Paul.

Education

Student, Royal College Science and Technology, Glasgow, Scotland, 1949; Bachelor of Science, U. Glasgow, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Glasgow, 1967.

Career

Research assistant Royal College Science and Technology,, U. Strathclyde, Glasgow, 1848-1852; assistant lecturer, lecturer, then senior lecturer mechanic engineering, U. Strathclyde, Glasgow, 1952-1969; reader, then personal professor bioengineering, U. Strathclyde, Glasgow, 1970-1978; professor, head bioengineering unit, U. Strathclyde, Glasgow, 1978-1992; emeritus professor, U. Strathclyde, Glasgow, since 1992. Visiting professor West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1969-1970. Member committees on surgical inplants British Studies Institution, London, since 1972, member committees on prosthetics and orthotics, since 1980.

Participant conferences in field. Donald Julius Gruen lecturer Institution Mech. Engineers, 1991; chairman British, European and international Studies. committees on joint replacement implants, International Standards Organisation Committee Bone and Joint Replacement, 1992, European Standard Organisation Committee Joint Replacements, 1994.

Achievements

• John Poskitt Paul has been listed as a noteworthy Bioengineering educator, mechanical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Progress in Bioengineering, Proceedings of an INT seminar held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Strathclyde Bioengineering Unit, ... 1988 (Strathclyde bioengineering seminars)

    (These proceedings cover artificial organs, delivery of re...)

  • Biomaterials in Artificial Organs: Proceedings of a Seminar on Biomaterials Held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow in September 1983

Membership

Secretary West of Scotland Rugby Referees' Society, Glasgow, 1966-1969. Fellow Royal Academy Engineering, Royal Society Edinburgh, Institute Physics and Engineering in Medicine, British Orthopaedic Association. Member International Society Biomechanics (president 1987-1989, Moybridge lector 1997), Royal College Science and Technology (associate, Glasgow).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Richardson Graham, September 7, 1956. Children: Gillian Anne, Graham William, Fiona Helen Williams.

Father:

William Boag Paul

Mother:

Maude Meikle (Poskitt) Paul

Spouse:

Elizabeth Richardson Graham

child:

Fiona Helen Williams Paul

child:

Graham William Paul

child:

Gillian Anne Paul