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Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge
Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge (1925–2003) was a British nuclear physicist, engineer and farmer. Personal life and education Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge was born 28 November 1925 at Felling, Gateshead, County Durham. He attended Jarrow County Secondary School, and matriculated at Durham University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors in physics, at Hatfield College in December 1946. His doctoral research there, on ''The Emission of Ionizing Radiation during a Spark Discharge,'' was supervised by W. A. Prowse, and in 1953 Bainbridge was awarded a PhD In 1978, Bainbridge incorporated Cerrig Y Barcud farm in Anglesey, North Wales. He was also a Justice of the Peace. He died 13 August 2003 at Glan Rhos Nursing Home, Anglesey. Career In 1945 he began working for the Admiralty in Greenock, and he conducted torpedo research at Faslane. He began lecturing in 1951 at Paisley Technical College in Glasgow, and in 1954 he began as a researcher at MacMaster University i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felling, Tyne And Wear
Felling is an eastern suburb of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The town was formed when three villages coalesced in the 19th century. Historically part of County Durham, the town was subsumed into the metropolitan borough of Gateshead in 1974. It lies on the B1426 Sunderland Road and the A184 Felling bypass, less than east of Gateshead town centre, south east of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and 10 miles north west of the City of Sunderland. In 2011, Felling had a population of 8,908. The history of Felling stretches almost eight hundred years. The original manor at Felling was granted in the 13th century and passed through several families until it was passed to the Brandling family in 1509. While Lords of the Manor, several members of this family served as Members of Parliament among other civic duties. They were also instrumental in bringing heavy industry to the area, and Felling Colliery (John Pit), one of the oldest and largest collieries in the region, was developed on thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
