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

• Thomas Everhart former President of Caltech
• Alec Broers former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, former president of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
• Haroon Ahmed former Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Professor of Microelectronics

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

External links

• Charles Oatley: Pioneer of Scanning Electron Microscopy
• The Papers of Sir Charles Oatley accessed 2 July 2008

Persondata
Name	Oatley, Charles
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Date of birth	14 February 1904
Place of birth	Frome, Somerset, England
Date of death	11 March 1996
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