Frederick Warner (engineer)
Sir Frederick Edward Warner FRS, FREng (31 March 1910 – 3 July 2010) was a British chemical engineer.
Sir Frederick Edward Warner | |
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| Born | 31 March 1910 Greenwich, London, England |
| Died | 3 July 2010 (aged 100) |
| Occupation | Chemical engineer |
| Awards | Buchanan Medal (1982) |
He was knighted in 1968, FRS 1976, Leverhulme Medal 1978, Buchanan Medal 1982. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Warner also received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1978.
In 1986, Warner assembled a group of experts, all aged over 65, to visit the stricken Chernobyl reactor. On returning to Britain he proposed the formation of a permanent task force made up of older scientists who would be on hand to enter contaminated areas after serious nuclear accidents to make initial damage assessments. As a result, Volunteers for Ionising Radiation (VIR) was formed and incorporated into the emergency provisions of the Order of St John.
Warner died on 3 July 2010 at the age of 100.