| 词条 | Thomas Diery Patten |
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Prof Thomas Diery Patten CBE FRSE (1926–1999) was a Scottish mechanical engineer and educator. He was involved in the development of the Scottish North Sea Oil Industry in the 1960s, heading the Institute of Offshore Engineering. He was President of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers 1991/92. He was affectionately known as Tom Patten. LifeHe was born in Ford, Northumberland on New Years Day, 1 January 1926 to Scottish parents: his father being William Ford who had raised himself from a post office telegraph boy to manager of the Prudential Insurance Company.[1] His family moved to Edinburgh and he was educated at Leith Academy. He then studied Engineering at Edinburgh University graduating BSc. Although too young to serve in the Second World War he served National Service 1947 to 1949, being posted first to Palestine (during its critical years), then to the British Military Mission in Greece where he attached to the REME and was given a notional rank of Captain. In 1950 he returned to Edinburgh and began lecturing in Engineering. He became senior lecturer in 1952 and gained his first doctorate in 1954. He ran the university's Officer Training Corps. In 1957 he had a sabbatical year at McGill University in Canada. In 1967 he was given a professorship at Heriot-Watt University.[2] He later became Vice Principal of the university. In 1961 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John F. Allen, William Ewart Farvis, Norman Feather and Mowbray Ritchie. He served as Secretary to the Society from 1972 to 1976 and as Vice President 1976 to 1979. Queen Elizabeth II created him a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1981.[3] He retired in 1981 and died on 4 April 1999. FamilyIn 1950 he was married to Jacqueline Wright. They had one son, Colin Patten, and two daughters, Diane and Gail. References1. ^Independent (newspaper) obituary 6 April 1999 {{DEFAULTSORT:Patten, Thomas Diery}}{{UK-bio-stub}}2. ^The Herald (obituary) 17 April 1999 3. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} 6 : 1926 births|1999 deaths|People educated at Leith Academy|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Academics of the University of Edinburgh|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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