Ted Liddiard

Edwin Andrew Guthrie Liddiard
Born
Edwin Andrew Guthrie Liddiard

(1903-11-30)November 30, 1903
Thornton Heath, Surrey
DiedApril 20, 1981(1981-04-20) (aged 77)
Slough, Buckinghamshire
Alma materChrist's Hospital School and University of Cambridge
OccupationsMetallurgist and founder director of the Fulmer Research Institute

Edwin Andrew Guthrie Liddiard (30 November 1903 – 20 April 1981) was an English metallurgist who was chosen by Col. Wallace Charles Devereux to be the first director of the Fulmer Research Institute. Under Liddiard's direction, Fulmer developed as Britain's first independent contract R&D organisation.

Liddiard became Chairman of the London section of the Institute of Metals, he was a member of the Inter-Services Metallurgical Council and he became Chairman and then Honorary Secretary of the Association of Consulting Scientists. He was instrumental in setting up and maintaining the Register of Consulting Scientists.

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