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词条 Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside
释义

  1. Career

  2. Hinton Heavies

  3. The Hinton Cup & Hinton Trophy

  4. Awards and achievements

  5. References

  6. External links

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Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside {{postnominals|country=GBR|OM|KBE|FRS|FREng}}[1] (12 May 1901 – 22 June 1983) was a British nuclear engineer, and supervisor of the construction of Calder Hall, the world's first large-scale commercial nuclear power station.

Career

Hinton was born on 12 May 1901 at Tisbury, Wiltshire. He attended school in Chippenham where his father was a schoolmaster, and left school at 16 to become an engineering apprentice with the Great Western Railway at Swindon. At 22 he was awarded the William Henry Allen scholarship of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a first class honours degree.[2]

Hinton then worked for Brunner Mond, later part of ICI, where he became Chief Engineer at the age of 29. At Brunner Mond he met Lillian Boyer (d. 1973) whom he married in 1931.[3] They had one daughter, Mary (1932–2014), who married Arthur Mole, son of Sir Charles Mole, director-general of the Ministry of Works.

During World War II, Hinton was seconded to the Ministry of Supply and became Deputy Director General, running ordnance factory construction and in charge of the Royal Filling Factories.[3]

In 1946, Hinton was appointed Deputy Controller of Production, Atomic Energy, and in 1954 when the Atomic Energy Authority was formed, was appointed Member for Engineering and Production as managing director of 'Industrial Group Risley'[3] which comprised the Risley headquarters and laboratories at Culcheth, Capenhurst, Windscale, Springfields and Dounreay plus factories at Springfields, Capenhurst, Windscale, Calder, Dounreay and Chapelcross.{{cn|date=May 2017}}

Hinton's department was responsible for the design and construction of most of Britain's major nuclear plants, including Windscale, Capenhurst, Springfields and Dounreay. In 1957, Hinton became the first chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board. He retired in 1964. In 1965 he worked for six months in the Ministry of Transport and afterwards became a Special Adviser to the World Bank. He served as Chairman of the International Executive Committee of the World Energy Conference, 1962–68.[3]

He was created Baron Hinton of Bankside, of Dulwich in the County of London, a life peer, on 28 January 1965, and served as Chancellor of the University of Bath 1966 – 1979.[4] He was appointed to the Order of Merit in 1976.[8]

Hinton Heavies

The English architectural critic Reyner Banham dubbed the first 500MW units ordered by the CEGB as the Hinton Heavies. A first for 500MW power station design the stations are listed below in the order that the CEGB released them for construction.[5]

The Hinton Heavies
Power Station County Output (MW)
01 West Burton Nottinghamshire 2000 MW
02 Ferrybridge 'C' West Yorkshire 2000 MW
03 Eggborough North Yorkshire 2000 MW
04 Kingsnorth Kent 2000 MW Oil Fired
05 Fawley Hampshire 2000 MW Oil Fired
06 Aberthaw ‘B’ South Wales 1500 MW
07 Ironbridge 'B' Shropshire 1000 MW
08 Fiddlers Ferry Cheshire 2000 MW
09 Ratcliffe Nottinghamshire 2000 MW
10 Cottam[6] Nottinghamshire 2000 MW
11 Pembroke South West Wales 2000 MW Oil Fired
12 Rugely 'B' Staffordshire 2000 MW
13 Didcot 'A' Oxfordshire 2000 MW

The Hinton Cup & Hinton Trophy

During his time at the Central Electricity Generating Board he commissioned the Hinton Cup, a piece of silverware that would be presented annually to the power station that displayed good housekeeping in the workplace. The citation to go with the cup reads 'This cup is presented to the Power Station judged to have reached the highest attainment in economy and efficiency of operation and maintenance with particular reference to attractiveness and good housekeeping'.

The cup was first won by Meaford A power station in 1959 and was last won by West Burton Power Station prior to the divestment of the Central Electricity Generating Board. The Hinton Trophy was the equivalent award for the best Transmission District. Because of the miners strike there was no competitions in 1984-85. To commemorate the thirty years of awarding the cup and trophy a presentation plate was manufactured by Gladstone Pottery Museum in Stoke-on-Trent. The Hinton Trophy was sold to a private buyer in Cuttlestones of Wolverhampton auction saleroom on the 11th October 2013.[7]

The Hinton Cup & Trophy For Good Housekeeping
Power Station Year Transmission District
01 Meaford 1959–1960
02 Stella North 1960–1961 Luton
03 South Denes 1961–1962 Bristol
04 Darlington 1962–1963 Durham
05 Marchwood 1963–1964 Nottingham
06 Rheidol 1964–1965 Bushbury
07 Huddersfield 1965–1966 Swansea
08 Poole 1966–1967 Taunton
09 Elland 1967–1968 East Riding
10 West Burton 1968–1969 Northumberland
11 South Denes 1969–1970 Leeds
12 Staythorpe 1970–1971 Poole
13 Thornhill 1971–1972 Stourport
14 Sizewell A[8] 1972–1973 Cumbria
15 Willington B[9] 1973–1974 Rayleigh
16 Trawsfynydd[10] 1974–1975 Bushbury[11]
17 Ratcliffe-on-Soar 1975–1976 Kings Lynn
18 Oldbury on Severn 1976–1977 East Cheshire
19 Keadby 1977–1978 Staythorpe
20 Fawley 1978–1979 Solent
21 Sizewell 1979–1980 Taunton
22 Eggborough 1980–1981 Southern
23 Cottam 1981–1982 Northwest (Midlands Region)[12]
24 Pembroke 1982–1983 Northwest (Midlands Region)
25 Drax 1983–1984 Northwest ( Northwest Region)
26 Thorpe Marsh 1985–1986 Northwest (Midlands Region)
27 Ratcliffe-on-Soar 1986–1987 Wealdon
28 Rugley A & B 1987–1988 Chase
29 West Burton 1988–1989 Westward

Awards and achievements

  • Knighted 1951[13]
  • Fellow of the Royal Society 1954[1]
  • Wilhelm Exner Medal, 1956
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1957[14]
  • Fellow of Trinity College, 1957
  • Honorary Degree (DSc), University of Oxford 1957
  • Honorary Degree (ScD), University of Cambridge 1960
  • On 28 January 1965 he was made a life peer as Baron Hinton of Bankside, of Dulwich in the County of London.[15]
  • President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1966
  • Foreign Associate, National Academy of Engineering, 1976
  • Order of Merit, 1976[16]
  • Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science), University of Bath, 1966[17]
  • Chancellor of the University of Bath 1966–80
  • James Watt International Medal 1973
  • First President of the Royal Academy of Engineering
  • DRS Class 37 diesel locomotive 37409 named Lord Hinton at Crewe Gresty Bridge Depot Open Day, 10 July 2010
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References

1. ^1 {{Cite journal|last1=Gowing|first1=M.|authorlink=Margaret Gowing|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1990.0031|title=Lord Hinton of Bankside, O. M., F. Eng. 12 May 1901 – 22 June 1983|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|volume=36|page=218|year=1990}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Papers and correspondence of Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside|url=http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb381-hin|accessdate=5 May 2017}}
3. ^1 2 3 {{Cite book|title=Hinton of Bankside|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U165328|chapter=Hinton of Bankside, Baron, (Christopher Hinton) (12 May 1901–22 June 1983)|year=2007}}{{Subscription or libraries}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Previous Chancellors|url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/about/organisation/chancellor/baron-hinton/index.html|publisher=University of Bath|accessdate=5 May 2017}}
5. ^{{cite book |last1=Banham |first1=Reyner |title=New Society 15 |date=28 May 1970 |publisher=University of California Press |pages=154 |edition=398 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=W6UwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=%22hinton+heavies%22#v=onepage&q=%22hinton%20heavies%22&f=false |accessdate=20 June 2018|isbn=9780520219441 }}
6. ^{{cite book |last1=Banham |first1=Reyner |title=A Critic Writes: Selected Essays by Reyner Banham |date=27 January 1997 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520219441 |page=155 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=W6UwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=%22hinton+heavies%22#v=onepage&q=%22hinton%20heavies%22&f=false |accessdate=2 August 2018 |ref=A Centennial Book}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Cuttlestones|url=https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/822731b8b087e0b2db36fc629590429e/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/specialist-collectors-sale/|year=11 October 2013}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=New Scientist|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RMI0uXah0v8C&pg|year=31 January 1974|publisher=Reed Business Information Ltd|page=273}}
9. ^{{cite book|title=Midlands Power|date=April 1974|publisher=Central Electricity Generating Board|pages=10|edition=April 1974|url=http://www.cegbmidreg.co.uk/midpower/apr74/apr74-10.htm|accessdate=6 March 2018}}
10. ^{{cite book|title=Contact|url=http://www.manweb-remembered.co.uk/Sep%2075.pdf|publisher=MANWEB Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board|year= September 1975|page= 219}}
11. ^{{cite book|title=Midlands Power|date=October 1965|publisher=Central Electricity Generation Board Midlands Region|pages=1|edition=October 1965|url=http://www.cegb.co.uk/midpower/Oct65/Oct65.php?Pic=1|accessdate=2 March 2018}}
12. ^{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Debates. House of Commons. Official Report of the Standing Committees|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|date=1982|volume=5|page=146|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CY8bAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=3 April 2018|location=Great Britain}}
13. ^{{London Gazette |issue=39150 |date=16 February 1951 |page=856}}
14. ^{{London Gazette |issue=40960 |date=1 January 1957 |page=11 |supp=y}}
15. ^{{London Gazette |issue=43566 |date=2 February 1965 |page=1162}}
16. ^1 {{London Gazette |issue=46872 |date=9 April 1976 |page=5299}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/ceremonies/hongrads/older.html |title=Corporate Information |publisher=University of Bath |date=2017 |accessdate=2017-05-05}}

External links

  • Memorial Tributes, nap.edu; accessed 5 May 2017.
  • Baron Christopher Hinton papers, aip.org; accessed 5 May 2017.
  • Profile, raeng.org.uk; accessed 5 May 2017.
  • Oxford DNB extract, oxforddnb.com; accessed 5 May 2017.{{paywall}}
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