Alan Cottrell

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Fellow of the Royal Society Knight Bachelor academic human materials scientist metallurgist physicist

Alan Cottrell was a prominent British metallurgist and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanical properties of metals and their defects.

Aliases (1)

Alan Howard Cottrell ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Fellow of the Royal Society → Knight Bachelor → academic → human → materials scientist → metallurgist → physicist →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Fellowship of the Royal Society → James Douglas Gold Medal → Kelvin Medal → Royal Medal →
birthName	Alan Howard Cottrell →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
educatedAt	University of Birmingham →
employer	United Kingdom government → University of Birmingham → University of Cambridge →
fieldOfWork	materials science → metallurgy → solid-state physics →
gender	male →
influenced	dislocation theory in materials science → modern fracture mechanics →
knownFor	Cottrell atmosphere → Cottrell equation → Cottrell–Stokes law → mechanical properties of metals → theory of dislocations in metals → theory of fracture and yielding in metals → work on crystal defects →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Royal Academy of Engineering → Royal Society →
name	Alan Cottrell →
nationality	British →
notableWork	An Introduction to Metallurgy → Strength of Solids → Theoretical Structural Metallurgy →
occupation	materials scientist → metallurgist → university professor →
positionHeld	Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government → Goldsmiths’ Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge → Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Birmingham → Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge →

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Alan Cottrell ("Alan Howard Cottrell") →	birthName
Japan Prize →	hasLaureate
Alan Cottrell →	name