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John G. Collier

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He left the UKAEA in 1962 for employment in the nuclear power industry in Canada and the UK, but returned to head its chemical engineering division in 1966, then became head of safety and reliability. During this time he published a book
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He returned to UKAEA Harwell, and married a secretary from the establishment, Ellen Mitchell (1935–1998), in 1956. They had two children, Clare and John Douglas. He died in
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Hewitt, G. F. (1999). "John Gordon Collier, F.R.Eng. 22 January 1935 -- 18 November 1995: Elected F.R.S. 1990".
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before joining the UKAEA as an apprentice. He studied part-time for
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15 June 1995 (no 590) pp 11–12 "The Privatising President"
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for electricity production. He started as an apprentice at
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
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Thorne (1996) 201: 199: 179:3rd edition (Oxford University Press) 27:British chemical engineer (1935–1995) 7: 60:Collier was born 22 January 1935 in 668:Alumni of University College London 177:Convective Boiling and Condensation 170:Convective Boiling and Condensation 102:Convective Boiling and Condensation 52:) and rose to become its chairman. 25: 157:Institution of Chemical Engineers 308:John Gordon Collier : 1995 264:Brian Eyre (23 November 1995). 688:20th-century British engineers 1: 559:William Lionel Wilkinson 673:Fellows of the Royal Society 89:Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire 606:Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard 565:Robert Hughes Williams 513:Colin James Pennycuick 142:Fellow of the Royal Society 704: 653:British chemical engineers 126:Pressurized water reactor 78:University College London 398:Malcolm H. Chisholm 304:17 February 2017 at the 254:accessed 10 January 2009 266:"OBITUARY:John Collier" 140:(FREng) in 1988 and a 383:Michael Ashburner 222:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0006 683:20th-century chemists 663:People from Streatham 286:The Chemical Engineer 172:(McGraw-Hill, London) 168:J. 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John Gordon Collier
FRS
chemical engineer
nuclear power
Harwell
UKAEA
Streatham
London
St Paul's School
A-levels
University College London
chemical engineering
Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire
CEGB
CEGB
Barnwood
Nuclear Electric
Sizewell B
Pressurized water reactor
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Fellow of the Royal Society
Cranfield University
University of Bristol
Institution of Chemical Engineers
ISBN
978-0-19-856296-2


Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
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