{{Short description|British professor of engineering}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} [[File:Sir Bernard Crossland.gif|thumb]] '''Sir Bernard Crossland''' (20 October 1923 – 17 January 2011) was a British professor of engineering with a career spanning some seven decades. He was made a [[Freedom of the City#Freedom of the City of London|Freeman of the City of London]] in 1987 and was [[knight]]ed in 1990 for services to Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8277255/Professor-Sir-Bernard-Crossland.html| title=Professor Sir Bernard Crossland| work=The Telegraph| date=23 January 2011| location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/feb/20/bernard-crossland-obituary| title=Sir Bernard Crossland obituary| author=Adrian Long| work=The Guardian| date= 20 February 2011| location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12225942| title=Engineer Bernard Crossland dies| work=BBC| date=19 January 2011}}</ref>
==Life== Crossland was born in London, England. Upon leaving [[Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys]] in 1940 he gained employment as an [[engineering apprentice]] with [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]], gaining his education through part-time study culminating in the award of a [[PhD]] from the [[University of Bristol]] in 1953.
His teaching career began at [[Luton]] Technical College in 1945, and, after teaching at [[University of Bristol|Bristol University]] he became Professor of [[mechanical engineering|Mechanical Engineering]] at [[Queen's University Belfast|The Queen's University of Belfast]], where he went on to act as [[Pro Vice-Chancellor|Pro-Vice Chancellor]] before his retirement in 1982. He was president of the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] in 1986.
After retirement, Sir Bernard became involved in the investigation of several accidents, the most noteworthy of which was the [[King's Cross fire]] where he headed up the scientific committee which established the cause of the fire and made recommendations to prevent such a tragedy from occurring again.
In his later years, Sir Bernard served as an [[Emeritus professor|Emeritus Professor]] of [[chemical engineering|Chemical Engineering]] at [[Queen's University Belfast|Queen's University of Belfast]], where a building, housing the [[computing science|Computer Science]] department, was named after him until March 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews/2017/Queensopens14mworldclassComputerSciencehub.html|title=Queen's opens £14m world class Computer Science hub|date=2016-04-08|access-date=2018-09-13|language=en-GB}}</ref>
He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1979, appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1980 and knighted in 1990.<ref Name="Telegraph">{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8277255/Professor-Sir-Bernard-Crossland.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Professor Sir Bernard Crossland | date=23 January 2011}}</ref>
In 2001 he was awarded the [[Cunningham Medal]] of the [[Royal Irish Academy]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.ria.ie/about/membership/cunningham-medal.aspx|title= RIA Cunningham Medal 2013/14|publisher= Royal Irish Academy|access-date= 31 October 2014|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141031140118/https://www.ria.ie/about/membership/cunningham-medal.aspx|archive-date= 31 October 2014|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
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== External links == * https://web.archive.org/web/20070317071327/http://www.ul.ie/vpacad/HonDocs/Cit-Bernard%20Crossland.htm
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