Charles Oatley

Charles Oatley
Charles Oatley
Born 14 February 1904
Frome, Somerset, England
Died 11 March 1996
Residence UK
Nationality British
Fields Physicist and Electronic engineer
Institutions Radio Accessories
English Electric Valve Company
Kings College London
ADRDE
University of Cambridge
Alma mater St. John's College, Cambridge
Academic advisors Edward Victor Appleton
Doctoral students Haroon Ahmed
Alec Broers
T. H. Philip Chang
Thomas Everhart
C. W. B. Grigson
Dennis McMullan
R. Fabian W. Pease
Ken Saunders
Colin J. R. Sheppard
Ken C. A. Smith
Garry Stewart
Richard F. M. Thornley
Oliver Wells
Other notable students Peter Spreadbury
Known for Scanning electron microscope
Influences John D. Cockcroft
Influenced Constance Tipper
Notable awards Duddell Medal (1969)
Royal Medal (1969)
Faraday Medal (1970)
Potts Medal (1989)

Sir Charles William Oatley OBE, FRS[1] FREng (1904–1996) was Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge, 1960–1971, and developer of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes. [2]

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 - 1985. In 1969 he was elected to the Royal Society and knighted in 1974. He was also a founder member of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

He was awarded the Howard N. Potts Medal in 1989.

His graduate students included

References

  1. ^ Smith, K. C. A. (1998). "Sir Charles William Oatley, O. B. E. 14 February 1904-11 March 1996". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 44: 331. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1998.0022.  edit
  2. ^ Everhart, T. E. (1996). "Persistence pays off: Sir Charles Oatley and the scanning electron microscope". Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures 14 (6): 3620. doi:10.1116/1.588737. http://authors.library.caltech.edu/5812/1/EVEjvstb96.pdf.  edit

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