Name Clifford Paterson Role Scientist | Education Mill Hill School Awards Faraday Medal | |
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Died July 26, 1948, Watford, United Kingdom | ||
SIR CLIFFORD PATERSON - G E C INTERVIEW - SOUND
Sir Clifford Copland Paterson FRS (1879-1948) was an English scientist and electrical engineer.
He was educated at Mill Hill School, the Finsbury Technical College, and Faraday House.
He was a director of the General Electric Company plc, as well as founder and director of their Wembley Research Laboratories. He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the National Physical Laboratory.
Paterson was the recipient of several honours, including an Honorary Doctorate in Science from the University of Birmingham in 1937, the Faraday Medal in 1945, the James Alfred Ewing Medal in 1946 and the Gold Medal of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America in 1948; he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1942 and was knighted in 1946.
The Clifford Paterson Lecture is named in his honour.