Lamb, John, 1922-1991, James Watt Professor of Electrical Engineering and Vice-Principal, University of Glasgow, Scotland,

John Lamb was born in Accrington, England, on 26 September 1922 . Prior to attending university, John was a student at Accrington Grammar School. John attended the University of Manchester and graduated in 1943 with a first class honours BSc in Engineering and the Fairbairn prize. He was also subsequently awarded an MSc in 1944 , a PhD for his thesis Measurement of Dielectric Properties at High Frequencies in 1946 and a DSc in 1957 .

After working for the Ministry of Supply during the Second World War, he was appointed Lecturer (and later Reader) in Electrical Engineering at Imperial College of Science and Technology, London , from 1946-1961 . He was later appointed Assistant Director of the Department of Electrical Engineering in 1958. In 1961 he was appointed John Watt Professor of Engineering at the University of Glasgow , a position which he held until his death in 1991. He also served as President of the British Society of Rheology from 1970-1972, Vice Principle of the University of Glasgow from 1977-1980 and Scientific Adviser to the Scottish Office Industry Department from 1989-1991. He was awarded a CBE in 1986.

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