Nationality British Role Professor Died March 11, 1996 | Residence United Kingdom Name Charles Oatley Awards Faraday Medal | |
Institutions Radio AccessoriesEnglish Electric Valve CompanyKing's College LondonADRDEUniversity of Cambridge Alma mater St. John's College, Cambridge Doctoral students Haroon AhmedAlec BroersT. H. Philip ChangThomas EverhartC. W. B. GrigsonDennis McMullanR. Fabian W. PeaseKen SaundersColin J. R. SheppardKen C. A. SmithGarry StewartRichard F. M. ThornleyOliver Wells Education St John's College, Cambridge Books Electron Microscope, Electric and Magnetic Fields: An Introduction Similar People Edward Victor Appleton, Haroon Ahmed, John Cockcroft, Ernest Walton | ||
Other notable students Peter Spreadbury Academic advisors Edward Victor Appleton | ||
Sir Charles William Oatley OBE, FRS FREng (14 February 1904 – 11 March 1996) was Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge, 1960–1971, and developer of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes. He was also a founder member of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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Biography
He was born on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1904.
He was educated at Bedford Modern School and St. John's College, Cambridge. He was a director of the English Electric Valve Company from 1966 to 1985.
In 1969 he was elected to the Royal Society.
Oatley also received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1974. In that same year, he was knighted.
He received an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) from the University of Bath in 1977. He retired from the English Electric Valve Company in 1985.
He was awarded the Howard N. Potts Medal in 1989. He died on 11 March 1996.
Graduate students
Oatley and the graduate students he supervised made substantial contributions, particularly to the development of the scanning electron microscope (SEM).
"A project for a Ph.D. student must provide him with good training and, if he is doing experimental work, there is much to be said for choosing a problem which involves the construction or modification of some fairly complicated apparatus. I have always felt that university research in engineering should be adventurous and should not mind tackling speculative projects."
His students included: