Cecil Wilfrid Luscombe "Bill" Bevan,

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(2 April 1920 – 19 April 1989) was a Welsh

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, academic, and

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. He was Principal of

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from 1966 to 1987. He was additionally

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of the

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Academic career

Bevan worked at the

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from 1949 to 1953, before moving to the

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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.

Honours

In the 1965 New Year Honours, Bevan was appointed a

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(CBE). He was made an officer of the ''

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'' by the government of France in 1986. In 1969, Bevan was made a

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(UCL); this is an honorary appointment recognising "distinction in the arts, literature, science, business or public life". He was awarded an honorary

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(DSc) degree in 1973 by the

. In 1982, he was made an Honorary Fellow of

Selected works

References

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