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John Wyrill Christian

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51:, the founder of Oxford's metallurgy department. He received his doctorate in 1949 and became a university lecturer in 1955, a reader in 1958, fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford in 1963, and professor of physical metallurgy in 1963. 170: 88: 165: 39:
His book The Theory of Transformations in Metals and Alloys, published in 1965, soon became the standard book for teaching phase transformation.
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John graduated from Queen's College, Oxford. He later on became a research student in the laboratory of Dr.
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Smith, G. D. W.; Bhadeshia, H. K. D. H. (2008). "John Wyrill Christian. 9 April 1926 -- 27 February 2001".
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Christian is worldwide recognized for his contribution on the foundation of modern understanding on
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
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People educated at Scarborough High School for Boys
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FRS
metallurgist
Martensitic transformation
William Hume-Rothery
"Fellows of the Royal Society A-J"
Royal Society
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
doi
10.1098/rsbm.2008.0016
"Obituary: Jack Christian"
The Guardian
Categories
1926 births
2001 deaths
British metallurgists
People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire
People educated at Scarborough High School for Boys

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