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Edward Collingwood
Times obituary
Sir Edward Collingwood, F.R.S., who died on Sunday at the age of 70, had been chairman of the council of Durham University since 1963. He became chairman of the Central Health Services Council in the same year and was treasurer of the Medical Research Council from 1960 to 1967. He was a former chairman of the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board.
He was educated at R.N.C. Osborne and Dartmouth and served in the Royal Navy as a midshipman from 1916 until he was invalided the following year. He then went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a Rayleigh Prizeman and a Rouse Ball Travelling Student. Between 1930 and 1938 he was a Steward of Trinity and a Lecturer in the mathematics faculty. He served with distinction in the R.N.V.R. in the Second World War, reaching the rank of captain. He was in charge of the Sweeping Division in 1943 and from then until 1945 was Chief Scientist, Admiralty Mine Design Department. He was Treasurer of the London Mathematical Society from 1960 to 1969, when he became president. He was a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for Northumberland and was High Sheriff in 1937. He was elected F.R.S. in 1965.
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C.I.C.B. writes:
Sir Edward Collingwood was loved and admired both for his achievements and for the delight of his company. He is mourned by an unusual variety of friends in many lands. He had great intellectual powers which enabled him to achieve excellence in diverse activities conducted in parallel and not in series. Born in Glendale in Northumberland, he remained a countryman at heart with practical knowledge of forestry, farming, and gardening. But all his life mathematics was his mistress, and his standing was recognized by his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1965. For most of his life he was concerned with university administration, first at Cambridge and later in the north. The two universities of Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne owe much to his foresight and wisdom The same is true with regard to his long years of work for the Regional Hospital Board, the Teaching Hospital and the Medical School, which led to the treasurership of the Medical Research Council. He remained a bachelor to the grief of the many dancing partners who had been entranced by his waltzing! If he had not died suddenly at the height of his powers at 71 he might have been persuaded to record his memories and experiences in this age of transition.
Sir Edward Collingwood, F.R.S., who died on Sunday at the age of 70, had been chairman of the council of Durham University since 1963. He became chairman of the Central Health Services Council in the same year and was treasurer of the Medical Research Council from 1960 to 1967. He was a former chairman of the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board.
He was educated at R.N.C. Osborne and Dartmouth and served in the Royal Navy as a midshipman from 1916 until he was invalided the following year. He then went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a Rayleigh Prizeman and a Rouse Ball Travelling Student. Between 1930 and 1938 he was a Steward of Trinity and a Lecturer in the mathematics faculty. He served with distinction in the R.N.V.R. in the Second World War, reaching the rank of captain. He was in charge of the Sweeping Division in 1943 and from then until 1945 was Chief Scientist, Admiralty Mine Design Department. He was Treasurer of the London Mathematical Society from 1960 to 1969, when he became president. He was a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for Northumberland and was High Sheriff in 1937. He was elected F.R.S. in 1965.
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C.I.C.B. writes:
Sir Edward Collingwood was loved and admired both for his achievements and for the delight of his company. He is mourned by an unusual variety of friends in many lands. He had great intellectual powers which enabled him to achieve excellence in diverse activities conducted in parallel and not in series. Born in Glendale in Northumberland, he remained a countryman at heart with practical knowledge of forestry, farming, and gardening. But all his life mathematics was his mistress, and his standing was recognized by his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1965. For most of his life he was concerned with university administration, first at Cambridge and later in the north. The two universities of Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne owe much to his foresight and wisdom The same is true with regard to his long years of work for the Regional Hospital Board, the Teaching Hospital and the Medical School, which led to the treasurership of the Medical Research Council. He remained a bachelor to the grief of the many dancing partners who had been entranced by his waltzing! If he had not died suddenly at the height of his powers at 71 he might have been persuaded to record his memories and experiences in this age of transition.
