Education
Educated at Norwich School, Gresham"s School, Holt, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he took the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy at Cambridge, where he worked under Eric Rideal.
Educated at Norwich School, Gresham"s School, Holt, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he took the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy at Cambridge, where he worked under Eric Rideal.
During his career in the Army and later in the Civil Service, he specialised in weapon development. 1930 - 1946 Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
1939 - 1945 Served with British Army (with rank of Brigadier)
1945 - 1951 Scientific Adviser to the Army Council
1951 - 1953 Principal Director for Scientific Research, Ministry of Supply
1953 - 1959 Chief Scientist, Ministry of Supply
1959 - 1970 Chairman of Albright & Wilson Limited
Chairman of the Operational Research Society
Vice-President, British Industrial Biological Research Association
Fellow of the Chemical Society
Treasurer of the Faraday Society (1949 - 1960)
Section Chair of the Society of Chemical Industry (1962 - 1966).
Member of the Society of Chemical Industry.