John Coulson

John Coulson

John Metcalfe Coulson, born 1910, died 1990, was a UK chemical engineering academic particularly known for co-writing a textbook on chemical engineering with Jack Richardson (published in 1954), which became an established series of texts now known as Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering. He did his first degree at Cambridge, then a postgraduate course in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College followed by research, achieving a PhD in 1935. He joined the academic staff, achieving the status of Reader. In 1954 he became the first head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Newcastle University, where he remained until his retirement in 1975.He was awarded the George E. Davis Medal of the Institution of Chemical Engineers in 1973.

Principal Source

J. F. Richardson, in a preface (page xii) toJ. M. Coulson & J. F. Richardson (1996) Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering, volume 1, 5th edition ISBN 0 7506 2557 0


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