Professor Frank Bowden
Born
Frank Philip Bowden

(1903-05-02)2 May 1903
Hobart, Tasmania[1]
Died3 September 1968(1968-09-03) (aged 65)[1]
Alma materUniversity of Tasmania (B.S., 1925)(M.S., 1927)
University of Cambridge (Ph.D., 1929)
AwardsElliott Cresson Medal (1955)
Rumford Medal (1956)
Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
ThesisThe mechanism of electrode reactions (1929)

Frank Philip Bowden CBE FRS[1] (2 May 1903 – 3 September 1968) was an Australian physicist.

Early life

He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, the son of telegraph engineer Frank Prosser Bowden.

Bowden received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tasmania in Australia in 1925, a Master of Science degree there in 1927 and a Doctor of Science (D.Sc) degree in 1933, by which time he was working at the University of Cambridge in England.[2] He gained his PhD from Cambridge in 1929.

Career

Between 1931 and 1939, Bowden worked as a lecturer in physical chemistry at the University of Cambridge. He moved back to Australia in 1939 to work at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.[2] He returned to Britain in 1946 as a reader in physical chemistry.

In 1957, Bowden became Reader of Physics at Cambridge, and in 1966 became the Professor of Surface Physics. He made significant contributions to the field of tribology and he received the International Award from the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers in 1955.[3] He was also named as one of 23 "Men of Tribology" by Duncan Dowson.[4] Much of Bowden's tribology research was performed alongside David Tabor,[5][6][7][8][9] with whom he published his popular book 'The Friction and Lubrication of Solids'.[10]

Bowden died on 3 September 1968.[2]

Private life

He married Tasmanian Margot Hutchison in London in 1931. They had 3 sons and a daughter.[11]

Honours and awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d Tabor, D. (1969). "Frank Philip Bowden 1903-1968". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 15: 1–48. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1969.0001. S2CID 71069997.
  2. ^ a b c "Bowden, Frank Philip - Bright Sparks entry". Retrieved 25 January 2009.
  3. ^ a b "International Award | STLE". www.stle.org. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ^ Dowson, Duncan (1 October 1977). "Men of Tribology: Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)". Journal of Lubrication Technology. 99 (4): 382–386. doi:10.1115/1.3453230. ISSN 0022-2305.
  5. ^ Bowden, Frank Philip; Tabor, David (1939). "The area of contact between stationary and moving surfaces". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 169 (938): 391–413. doi:10.1098/rspa.1939.0005.
  6. ^ Bowden, F. P.; Tabor, D. (1942). "Mechanism of Metallic Friction". Nature. 150 (3798): 197–199. doi:10.1038/150197a0. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 4095803.
  7. ^ Bowden, F. P.; Moore, A. J. W.; Tabor, D. (1943). "The Ploughing and Adhesion of Sliding Metals". Journal of Applied Physics. 14 (2): 80–91. doi:10.1063/1.1714954. ISSN 0021-8979.
  8. ^ Bowden, F. P.; Gregory, J. N.; Tabor, D. (1945). "Lubrication of Metal Surfaces by Fatty Acids". Nature. 156 (3952): 97–101. doi:10.1038/156097a0. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 4116167.
  9. ^ Bowden, F P; Tabor, D (1966). "Friction, lubrication and wear: a survey of work during the last decade". British Journal of Applied Physics. 17 (12): 1521–1544. doi:10.1088/0508-3443/17/12/301. ISSN 0508-3443.
  10. ^ Bowden, F. P.; Tabor, D. (2001). The Friction and Lubrication of Solids. Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850777-2.
  11. ^ a b c "Biographical memoirs-Frank Philip Bowden. 1903-1968" (PDF). Jstor. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Beilby Medal and Prize Previous Winners". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  14. ^ "No. 40787". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 May 1956. p. 3109.
  15. ^ "Rumford archive winners 1988 - 1900". The Royal Society. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
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