# Geoffrey Hewitt

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British chemical engineer (1934–2019)

Geoffrey Hewitt FRS FREng FRSC FIChemE FIMechE Courtaulds Professor of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine In office 1993–1999 Professor of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine In office 1985–1993 Personal details Born Geoffrey Frederick Hewitt 3 January 1934 Died 18 January 2019(2019-01-18) (aged 85)

**Geoffrey Frederick Hewitt** FRS[1] (3 January 1934 – 18 January 2019) was a British [chemical engineer](/source/Chemical_engineer), and [Emeritus Professor](/source/Emeritus) at [Imperial College London](/source/Imperial_College_London), where from 1993 to 1999 he was the [Courtaulds](/source/Courtaulds) Professor of chemical engineering.[2][3]

## Life

Hewitt attended [Boteler Grammar School](/source/Sir_Thomas_Boteler_Church_of_England_High_School), [Warrington](/source/Warrington)[2] and earned a BSc Tech in chemical engineering at the [University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology](/source/University_of_Manchester_Institute_of_Science_and_Technology) followed by a PhD in the same in 1957. He worked for the [United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority](/source/United_Kingdom_Atomic_Energy_Authority) until 1985 when he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at [Imperial College London](/source/Imperial_College_London), being made Courtaulds Professor of chemical engineering in 1993 and Emeritus Professor in 1999 till his death.[4]

He died 18 January 2019.[4][5]

## Honours

Hewitt received honorary degrees from the [University of Louvain](/source/Universit%C3%A9_catholique_de_Louvain) (1988),[6] and [Heriot Watt University](/source/Heriot_Watt_University) (1995).[4][7] He was elected a [Fellow](/source/FREng) of the [Royal Academy of Engineering](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Engineering) in 1984,[8] and became a Fellow of the [Royal Society](/source/Royal_Society) in 1989,[5] In 2007 Professor Hewitt was awarded the [Global Energy Prize](/source/Global_Energy_Prize) by [Vladimir Putin](/source/Vladimir_Putin).[9] He was President of the [IChemE](/source/Institution_of_Chemical_Engineers) for 1989–1990 and received its [M. M. Sharma](/source/Man_Mohan_Sharma) Medal for his contributions in 2017.[4]

## Works

- *Encyclopedia of Heat and Mass Transfer*, Hemisphere Publ. Corp., 1986, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-89116-332-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89116-332-9)

- *Introduction to Nuclear Power*, Taylor & Francis, 1 March 1987, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-56032-682-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-56032-682-3)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Matar, O. K.; Coletti, F.; Richardson, S. M. (2025). ["Geoffrey Frederick Hewitt: 3 January 1934 — 18 January 2019"](https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2025.0002). *Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society*. **79**.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WW_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WW_2-1) *Hewitt, Prof. Geoffrey Frederick*. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U20002](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fww%2F9780199540884.013.U20002).(subscription may be required or content may be available in libraries)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Home - Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Hewitt"](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/g.hewitt). *www.imperial.ac.uk*. Retrieved 30 December 2018.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: url-status ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_url-status))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Shah_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Shah_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Shah_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Shah_4-3) Shah, Nilay (31 January 2019). ["Geoffrey Hewitt: 1934–2019"](https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/geoffrey-hewitt-1934-2019). *www.thechemicalengineer.com*. [Institution of Chemical Engineers](/source/Institution_of_Chemical_Engineers).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RS2019_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RS2019_5-1) ["Geoffrey Hewitt"](https://royalsociety.org/people/geoffrey-hewitt-11610/). *royalsociety.org*. [The Royal Society](/source/The_Royal_Society). 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Docteurs honoris causa facultaires (EPL)"](https://uclouvain.be/fr/decouvrir/events/dhc-facultaires.html). Retrieved 23 February 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-HW_7-0)** ["Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160418163907/http://www1.hw.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-graduates.htm). *www1.hw.ac.uk*. Archived from [the original](http://www1.hw.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-graduates.htm) on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["List of Fellows"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190702081855/https://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows). *Royal Academy of Engineering*. Archived from [the original](http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows) on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-global_9-0)** ["Geoffrey Hewitt | Global Energy Prize"](http://globalenergyprize.org/en/laureates/2007/geoffrey-hewitt). *globalenergyprize.org*. Retrieved 25 November 2017.

v t e Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1989 Fellows Brian Anderson Kenneth Bagshawe John M. Ball Adrian Bird Roger Blandford Arthur Cain Mark Child Alwyn Davies Peter Goddard Michael Green Brian Heap Geoffrey Hewitt Derek Hull Julian Hunt Richard Hynes Michael James Francis Kelly John Lawton Gilbert George Lonzarich Andrew David McLachlan Michael A. Moore Kim Nasmyth Paul Nurse Robert Ladislav Parker Geoff Parker Richard Peto Warren Roper John Martin Rowell Ian John Russell John Philip Simons Roger Slack Marshall Stoneham Roger C. Thomas Anne Treisman Kenneth Wade Pat Wall Rob Webster Thomas Summers West Andrew Wiles Ian Robert Young Statute 12 Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton Foreign Nicole Marthe Le Douarin Paul Erdős Kenichi Fukui Edward B. Lewis Barbara McClintock Edward Mills Purcell

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