Cecil Wilfrid Luscombe "Bill" Bevan, CBE (2 April 1920 – 19 April 1989) was a Welsh chemist, academic, and academic administrator. He was Principal of University College, Cardiff from 1966 to 1987. He was additionally Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales for two terms: 1973 to 1975 and 1981 to 1983.[1]
Bill Bevan | |
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.jpg) Bevan, c. 1980s | |
| Born | Cecil Wilfrid Luscombe Bevan 2 April 1920 |
| Died | 19 April 1989 (aged 69) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | |
Academic career
editBevan worked at the University of Exeter from 1949 to 1953, before moving to the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He was head of its Department of Chemistry from 1953 and 1966, and its Vice Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor from 1960 to 1964.[1]
Honours
editIn the 1965 New Year Honours, Bevan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[2] He was made an officer of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the government of France in 1986.[1]
In 1969, Bevan was made a Fellow of University College London (UCL);[1] this is an honorary appointment recognising "distinction in the arts, literature, science, business or public life".[3] He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) degree in 1973 by the University of Ibadan.[1] In 1982, he was made an Honorary Fellow of University College, Cardiff.[1]
Selected works
edit- Cecil Wilfred Luscombe Bevan (1965). Intermediate Practical Chemistry. Nelson.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f 'BEVAN, Cecil Wilfrid Luscombe', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 31 Aug 2017
- ^ "No. 43529". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1964. p. 20.
- ^ "Honorary Fellows of UCL". Student and Registry Services. University College London. Retrieved 31 August 2017.