Sir Bernard Crossland
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 knighted in 1990 for services to Northern Ireland. 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 presiden ...
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