Henry Tizard (1885–1959)
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Tizard, Henry Thomas
- Other names
- Tizard, Sir Henry
- Birthdate
- 1885-08-23
- Date of death
- 1959-10-09
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Westminster School
University of Oxford (Magdalen College|mathematics and chemistry) - Occupations
- chemist
inventor
academic - Organizations
- Royal Institution (Davy-Faraday Laboratory|researcher|1909)
Oriel College, Oxford (tutorial fellow|1911|electrical laboratory demonstrator)
Royal Garrison Artillery (second lieutenant|1914-1918)
Royal Flying Corps (lieutenant colonel|1918-1919)
Oxford University (reader in chemical thermodynamics)
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (assistant secretary|1920|permanent secretary|1927-1929) (show all 8)
Imperial College London (as Imperial College of Science and Technology|rector|1929-1942)
Magdalen College, Oxford (president|1942-1946) - Awards and honors
- Air Force Cross (1918)
Royal Society (fellow|1926)
Order of the Bath (CB|1927|KCB|1937|GCB|1949)
Albert Medal (1944)
Franklin Medal (1946)
British Association for the Advancement of Science (president|Dundee meeting|1948) - Birthplace
- Gillingham, Kent, England
- Place of death
- Fareham, Hampshire, England
- Associated Place (for map)
- England
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