Alan Cottrell

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

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Alan Cottrell canonical 5
Alan Howard Cottrell 1

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instanceOf Fellow of the Royal Society
Knight Bachelor
academic
human
materials scientist
metallurgist
physicist
awardReceived Copley Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
surface form: Fellowship of the Royal Society

James Douglas Gold Medal
Kelvin Medal
Royal Medal
birthName Alan Cottrell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Alan Howard Cottrell
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
educatedAt University of Birmingham
employer UK government
surface form: United Kingdom government

University of Birmingham
Cambridge University
surface form: 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 atmosphere
surface form: 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 self-link
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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Japan Prize hasLaureate Alan Cottrell
Alan Cottrell name Alan Cottrell self-link
Alan Cottrell birthName Alan Cottrell self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Alan Howard Cottrell
Cottrell atmosphere namedAfter Alan Cottrell
An Introduction to Metallurgy author Alan Cottrell