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Edward Parkes

Index Edward Parkes

Sir Edward Walter Parkes, DL, FREng (born 19 May 1926) was Vice-Chancellor of City University London from 1974 to 1978 and of the University of Leeds from 1983 to 1991. [1]

18 relations: Alan Wilson (academic), Chancellor (education), City, University of London, Deputy Lieutenant, Fellow, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, James Sharp Tait, King Edward's School, Birmingham, Mechanical engineering, Michael Noakes, Raoul Franklin, Royal Academy of Engineering, St John's College, Cambridge, Universities UK, University Grants Committee (United Kingdom), University of Leeds, University of Leicester, William Walsh (academic).

Alan Wilson (academic)

Professor Sir Alan Geoffrey Wilson FAcSS (born 8 January 1939) is a British mathematician and social scientist, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds and a professor at University College London.

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Chancellor (education)

A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.

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City, University of London

City, University of London is a public research university in London, United Kingdom.

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Deputy Lieutenant

In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is a Crown appointment and one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area: an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county.

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Fellow

A fellow is a member of a group (or fellowship) that work together in pursuing mutual knowledge or practice.

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Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) is an award and fellowship for engineers who are recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering as being the Fellows are entitled to use the designatory letters FREng after their name, see:Category:Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

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James Sharp Tait

Sir James Sharp Tait (13 June 1912 – 18 February 1998) was a Scottish electrical engineer who was the first Vice-Chancellor of the City University, London.

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King Edward's School, Birmingham

King Edward's School (KES) is an independent day school for boys in Edgbaston, an area of Birmingham, England.

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Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering is the discipline that applies engineering, physics, engineering mathematics, and materials science principles to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems.

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Michael Noakes

Michael Noakes (28 October 1933 – 30 May 2018) was an English artist and portrait painter.

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Raoul Franklin

Raoul Norman Franklin CBE FREng (born 3 June 1935), is a physicist, working in the field of plasma physics, who was Vice-Chancellor of the City University in London for 20 years.

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Royal Academy of Engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the UK’s national academy of engineering.

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St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge (the full, formal name of the college is The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge).

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Universities UK

Universities UK is an advocacy organisation for universities in the United Kingdom.

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University Grants Committee (United Kingdom)

The University Grants Committee was an advisory committee of the British government, which advised on the distribution of grant funding amongst the British universities.

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University of Leeds

The University of Leeds is a Russell Group university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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University of Leicester

The University of Leicester is a public research university based in Leicester, England.

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William Walsh (academic)

William Walsh, M.A., LL.D. (23 February 1916 – 23 June 1996) was Emeritus Professor on his retirement in 1983 from the University of Leeds Pro-Vice-Chancellor from 1965 to 1967.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Parkes

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