53°28′27″N 1°28′27″W / 53.47414°N 1.47405°W The Society of Glass Technology (SGT) is an organisation for individuals and organizations with a professional interest in glass manufacture and usage. The Society is based in the United Kingdom, with its offices in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, but it has a worldwide membership.
The objects of the Society "are to encourage and advance the study of the history, art, science, design, manufacture, after treatment, distribution and end use of glass of any and every kind".[1]
The Society was founded by W. E. S. Turner in 1916.[2]
The Society is a founder member of the International Commission on Glass and the European Society of Glass Science and Technology.
- ^ STG official site
- ^ Douglas, R. W. (November 1964). "William Ernest Stephen Turner. 1881–1963". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 10: 325–355.