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John Henry Soar Dickenson (1882-1934) of [[Vickers]] | John Henry Soar Dickenson (1882-1934) of [[Vickers]] | ||
1901 John H S Dickenson 19, analyst in steel works, lived in Ardwick, Chorlton<ref>1901 census</ref> | |||
1911 John Elverson Dickenson 57, life insurance clerk, lived in Ecclesall Bierlow, with Mary Ann Dickenson 54. '''John Henry Soar Dickenson''' 29, metallurgical expert, Ernest Laurence Dickenson 22, analytical chemist, Joseph Arthur Dickenson 26, life insurance agent<ref>1911 census</ref> | 1911 John Elverson Dickenson 57, life insurance clerk, lived in Ecclesall Bierlow, with Mary Ann Dickenson 54. '''John Henry Soar Dickenson''' 29, metallurgical expert, Ernest Laurence Dickenson 22, analytical chemist, Joseph Arthur Dickenson 26, life insurance agent<ref>1911 census</ref> | ||
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John Henry Soar Dickenson (1882-1934) of Vickers
1901 John H S Dickenson 19, analyst in steel works, lived in Ardwick, Chorlton[1]
1911 John Elverson Dickenson 57, life insurance clerk, lived in Ecclesall Bierlow, with Mary Ann Dickenson 54. John Henry Soar Dickenson 29, metallurgical expert, Ernest Laurence Dickenson 22, analytical chemist, Joseph Arthur Dickenson 26, life insurance agent[2]
1934 Obituary [3]
JOHN HENRY S. DICKENSON died suddenly at his home in Sheffield on November 16, 1934; he was only fifty-two years of age.
Born at Ilkestone, Derbyshire, in 1882, he received his education and first studied metallurgy at Sheffield Technical School; in 1900 he was awarded the Mappin Medal and his associateship of the University of Sheffield, and was also Honours Prizeman in the City and Guilds of London examination in iron and steel manufacture.
He started his industrial career with Messrs. Beyer, Peacock & Co., Ltd., of Gorton, Manchester; subsequently, at the invitation of Mr. Douglas Vickers, of Messrs. Vickers, Ltd., he established a metallurgical research department at Vickers Works, Sheffield, which, later, became the research organisation of the English Steel Corporation, Ltd.
At the time of his death, he was chief metallurgist to the Corporation and a special director at the Vickers Works. Mr. Dickenson was a leading investigator of the phenomenon of creep and the flow of metals at high temperatures, and he had published numerous technical papers. His communications read before the Iron and Steel Institute covered so wide a range as the flow and scaling of steels at a low red heat, the distribution of silicates in steel ingots, and the influence of beryllium on steel, and as Vice-Chairman of the Institute's Committees on Corrosion and on the Heterogeneity of Steel Ingots, and as a member of the Steel Castings Research and other Committees, he was concerned with the compilation of several valuable reports; in 1915 he collaborated with three other investigators in a research carried out on behalf of the Institution of Automobile Engineers, which resulted in the standardisation of steels used in motor-car construction, and in 1916 he received that Institution's Crompton Medal in recognition of his work. Mr. Dickenson was a Past-President of the Sheffield Metallurgical Association, a member of the American Society for Steel Treating, of the American Association for Testing Materials, of the Research Council of the British Iron and Steel Federation, and of the British Standards Institution; in 1922 he was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.
He was a very active member of the Iron and Steel Institute, which he had joined in 1903
1934/35 Obituary [4]
John Henry Soar Dickenson was born in 1882 and was educated at the Sheffield Technical School.
His practical training was obtained with the firm of Beyer, Peacock and Co., Gorton, after which he joined Vickers, Ltd., at Sheffield, in order to form a metallurgical investigation department. His work with this firm, of which he subsequently became a Director, established him as a leading authority on metallurgy, and he subsequently occupied with distinction many offices in the metallurgical world, such as President of the Sheffield Metallurgical Association, Vice-Chairman of the Corrosion Committee of The Iron and Steel Institute, etc. As a member of the Steel Research Committee of the Institution, Mr. Dickenson took a prominent part in the establishment of the ten E.S.C. Standard Automobile Steels during the War, and he was awarded the Crompton Medal in 1916.
He died on November 16th, 1934, at the age of 52.
He was elected a Member of the Institution in 1916.
1934 Obituary [5]
JOHN HENRY SOAR DICKENSON died suddenly on November 16, 1934, at the age of 52. By his death British metallurgy has lost one of its leading personalities.
Born in 1882 at Ilkeston, Derbyshire, he was educated at the Sheffield Technical School, where he studied metallurgy under Dr. W. Ripper. and Professor J. O. Arnold.
In 1900, he obtained the Mappin medal and his Associateship at the Sheffield University, in the same year being Honours Prizeman in the City and Guilds of London examination in iron and steel manufacture.
Mr. Dickenson's first industrial experience was in the works of Messrs. Beyer, Peacock & Co., where he gained a wide knowledge of the use of steel for locomotive construction.
Subsequently, he went to the Vickers Works, Sheffield, at the request of Mr. Douglas Vickers, to establish a metallurgical investigation department, which has since developed into the research organization of the English Steel Corporation, Ltd. He remained with this firm until his death.
Mr, Dickenson was closely in touch with metallurgical practice in Europe (including Russia) and in America, and was a member of the American Society for Testing Materials and the American Society for Metals. He was also a member of the Iron and Steel Institute, was Past-President of the Sheffield Metallurgical Association, and was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 1922. In the session 1915-1916, the Institution of Automobile Engineers awarded him the Crompton medal in recognition of his services to the advancement of automobile engineering as a result of his researches on the standardization of steels.
In addition to these many activities, Mr. Dickenson found time to serve on many committees being one of the most active members of the British Standards Institution, and Vice-Chairman of the Corrosion Committee and the Heterogeneity Committee of the Iron and Steel Institute. He was also a member of committees dealing with marine, turbine, railway, acre, and electrical engineering and structural work, and when, some five or six years ago, the Admiralty appointed an Advisory Committee to supervise the re- search work on steel castings, Mr. Dickenson was one of the experts selected. He was also recently elected a member of the Research Council of the Federation of British Iron and Steel Manufacturers. Mr. Dickenson was the first to investigate the phenomenon of "creep," and his discoveries in this field gave him an international reputation at an early age.
Mr. Dickenson was elected a member of the Institute of Metals on May 2, 1918.