Sherard Osborn Cowper-Coles
Sherard Osborn Cowper-Coles (8 October 1866 – 9 September 1936) was a British metallurgist,[1] and inventor of the sherardising process of galvanization.[2]
Early life[]
He was born in Ventnor, the fourth son of naval inventor Captain Cowper Phipps Coles. He studied at King's College London and Crystal Palace School of Engineering and became a metallurgist.
Career[]
He took out a patent on the sherardising process in 1900.
He married his research assistant Constance Hamilton Watts in 1919. The couple continued to work on research together until his death.[3]
They had three sons, Sherard Hamilton Cowper-Coles (1920–1968), Peter Lyons Cowper-Coles (1922–2011) and Geoffrey Osborn Cowper-Coles(1927–2018) all born at Rossall House, Sunbury-on-Thames. Their eldest son Sherard was the father of British diplomat Sherard Cowper-Coles.
Death[]
He died at home, at in Sunbury-on-Thames, of oesophageal cancer, survived by his wife and three sons.
References[]
- ^ "Sherard Cowper Coles". The Oxford Biography Index. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Sherard Osborn Cowper Coles". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "The Woman Engineer". www2.theiet.org. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
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- 1936 deaths
- 1866 births
- Alumni of King's College London
- People from Ventnor
- British metallurgists