Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside

The Lord Hinton of Bankside
Born12 May 1901
Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Died22 June 1983 (aged 82)
London, England, UK
NationalityBritish
Known forCalder Hall
AwardsWilhelm Exner Medal (1956)
Castner Medal (1956)
Albert Medal (1957)
Rumford Medal (1970)
James Watt International Medal (1973)
Order of Merit (1976)
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear

Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside 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.

  1. ^ Gowing, M. (1990). "Lord Hinton of Bankside, O. M., F. Eng. 12 May 1901 – 22 June 1983". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 36: 218. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1990.0031.

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