Henry Chilver, Baron Chilver
The Lord Chilver | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 14 July 1987 – 8 July 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Amos Henry Chilver 30 October 1926 Barking, Essex |
| Died | 8 July 2012 (aged 85) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Claudia Grigson (m. 1959) |
| Relations | Christopher Grigson (brother-in-law) Wilfrid Grigson (father-in-law) |
| Children | 2 daughters, 3 sons |
| Education | Southend High School for Boys |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol |
| Occupation |
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| Scientific career | |
| Awards | Telford Medal – Gold 1962 |
| Fields | Mechanical Engineering |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Thin-Walled Structural Members: a study of the strength of cold-rolled mild-steel sections with particular reference to the effects of local instability (1950) |
| Doctoral advisor | Sir Alfred Pugsley |
| Doctoral students | J. Michael T. Thompson (1962) |
| Academic offices | |
| Chairman of the Universities Funding Council | |
| In office 1988–1991 | |
| Chief Executive | Peter Swinnerton-Dyer |
| Vice-chancellor of Cranfield institute of Technology. | |
| In office 1970–1989 | |
| Preceded by | First incumbent |
| Succeeded by | Frank Robinson Hartley |
| Vice-president of Institution of Civil Engineers | |
| In office 1981–1983 | |
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(Amos) Henry Chilver, Baron Chilver Kt. FRS FREng (30 October 1926 – 8 July 2012) was a British engineer and politician.