| 词条 | John Stuart Archer |
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|name = John Stuart Archer |honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|FRSE}} |office = Principal of Heriot-Watt University |term_start = 1997 |term_end = 2006 |predecessor = Alistair MacFarlane |successor = Anton Muscatelli}} John Stuart Archer, CBE, FRSE, FREng (15 June 1943 – 9 December 2007) was Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Heriot-Watt University from 1997 to 2006. LifeArcher was born in London on 15 June 1943 and went to Chiswick County Grammar School.[1] He obtained a BSc in Industrial Chemistry from City University London in 1965 and a PhD from Imperial College London.[2] In 1969 he emigrated to Canada with his wife Lesley and got a job as a Petroleum Engineer.[3] He returned to the UK in 1973, and worked in the European gas fields.[3] He entered academia as a Reader in Petroleum Engineering at Imperial College in 1980, becoming a Professor in 1986, then head of the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering in 1987.[3] After further senior positions at Imperial College, including two years as Dean of the Royal School of Mines in 1989–91, he joined Heriot-Watt University in 1997 as Vice-Chancellor and Principal, until his retirement in July 2006.[3] He died 9 December 2007 of cancer, survived by his wife and their son and daughter.[4] Honours and professional affiliationsArcher was appointed a CBE in 2002 for services to Higher Education.[5] He was a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[3] He served as President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers for 2005–2006, which included responsibility for the World Congress in Chemical Engineering, held in Glasgow in 2005.[2] He received honorary degrees from the University of Edinburgh, Imperial College, City University and Heriot-Watt University.[6] References1. ^Frost's Scottish Who's Who {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028122940/http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/mfwhoswho/individuals/A_mfwwi/john_stuart_archer.html |date=2007-10-28 }} John Stuart Archer (accessed 7 March 2009) {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Archer, John Stuart}}{{UK-academic-bio-stub}}2. ^1 The Chemical Engineer, issue 800 (Feb 2008) page 54 3. ^1 2 3 4 Heriot-Watt Institute of Petroleum Engineering{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Obituary 4. ^Times Higher Education 17 January 2008 Obituary by Melanie Newman 5. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jun/15/monarchy.politics11 The Guardian] 15 June 2002 6. ^Royal Society of Edinburgh{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Obituary 11 : 1943 births|2007 deaths|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|British chemical engineers|Engineering academics|Alumni of City, University of London|Alumni of Imperial College London|Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Academics of Imperial College London|Academics of Heriot-Watt University |
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