Harold Hankins, the Glossary
Harold Hankins CBE FREng (18 October 1930 – 2 May 2009) was a British electrical engineer and the first Vice-Chancellor of UMIST.[1]
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20 relations: Associated Electrical Industries, Blue Streak (missile), Chancellor (education), Cheshire, Crewe, Derbyshire, Electrical engineering, Electronics, Fellow, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Glossop, John Garside, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, Metropolitan-Vickers, Order of the British Empire, Royal Academy of Engineering, Telecommunications engineering, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Victoria University of Manchester.
- People from Crewe
- Vice-Chancellors of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
Associated Electrical Industries
Associated Electrical Industries (AEI) was a British holding company formed in 1928 through the merger of British Thomson-Houston (BTH) and Metropolitan-Vickers electrical engineering companies.
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Blue Streak (missile)
The de Havilland Propellers Blue Streak was a British Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), and later the first stage of the Europa satellite launch vehicle.
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Chancellor (education)
A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.
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Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England.
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Crewe
Crewe is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England.
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.
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Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.
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Electronics
Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other electrically charged particles.
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Fellow
A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context.
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) is an award and fellowship for engineers who are recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering as being the best and brightest engineers, inventors and technologists in the UK and from around the world to promote excellence in engineering and to enhance and support engineering research, policy formation, education and entrepreneurship and other activities that advance and enrich engineering in all its forms. Harold Hankins and fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering are fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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Glossop
Glossop is a market town in the borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of Matlock.
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John Garside
Professor John Garside is a British chemical engineer who was the last Vice-Chancellor of UMIST. Harold Hankins and John Garside are Academics of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Vice-Chancellors of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
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London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally used in historical circles. The LMS occasionally also used the initials LM&SR.
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Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR) is a research institute based in Alliance Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester, UK.
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Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.
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Royal Academy of Engineering
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering.
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Telecommunications engineering
Telecommunications engineering is a subfield of electronics engineering which seeks to design and devise systems of communication at a distance.
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University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) was a university based in the centre of the city of Manchester in England.
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Victoria University of Manchester
The Victoria University of Manchester, usually referred to as simply the University of Manchester, was a university in Manchester, England.
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See also
People from Crewe
- Adam Rickitt
- Blaster Bates
- Carey Willetts
- Carl Ashmore
- Chloe Lloyd
- Christine Dean
- Christopher Hughes (quiz contestant)
- Gerald Butler (writer)
- Gwyneth Dunwoody
- Harold Hankins
- Ian Sarson
- James Johnson (sports administrator)
- Janet Dean
- John Mark Ainsley
- John Thomas Wilmot Place
- Kali Mountford
- Lauren Moss
- Mackenzie Taylor
- Mark Price, Baron Price
- Muthu Alagappan
- Paul Maynard
- Sam Retford
- Steve Jones (English presenter)
- Thomas Nevitt
- Tom Levitt
- Walter Offley
- Wilfrid Oulton
- William Cooper (novelist)
- William Hope (paranormal investigator)
- William Pickersgill
- William Wheeldon
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
- Harold Hankins
- John Garside