Ted Liddiard
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November 30, 1903
Edwin Andrew Guthrie Liddiard | |
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| Born | Edwin Andrew Guthrie Liddiard November 30, 1903 Thornton Heath, Surrey |
| Died | April 20, 1981 (aged 77) Slough, Buckinghamshire |
| Alma mater | Christ's Hospital School and University of Cambridge |
| Occupations | Metallurgist and founder director of the Fulmer Research Institute |
Edwin Andrew Guthrie Liddiard (30 November 1903 – 20 April 1981) was an English metallurgist who was chosen by Col. Wallace Charles Devereux to be the first director of the Fulmer Research Institute.[1][2] Under Liddiard's direction, Fulmer developed as Britain's first independent contract R&D organisation.
Liddiard became Chairman of the London section of the Institute of Metals, he was a member of the Inter-Services Metallurgical Council and he became Chairman and then Honorary Secretary of the Association of Consulting Scientists. He was instrumental in setting up and maintaining the Register of Consulting Scientists.
Liddiard was educated at Christ's Hospital School, but his schooling there ended prematurely due to a serious road traffic accident in 1920. The accident kept him in hospital for six months, and then required him to use a wheelchair and crutches for a further five months.
In 1922 he took a job as a laboratory assistant at Cammell Laird Cyclops Iron and Steel works in Sheffield and while there, he took evening classes at Sheffield University aiming for Associateship of the Institute of Metals. However, in 1925 an opportunity arose for him to go to Cambridge where he took Part I of the Natural Science Tripos in chemistry, physics and mineralogy and went on to study metallurgy for the final year, graduating in 1928.
