Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside

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Christopher Hinton
Christopher Hinton
Born	12 May 1901 Tisbury
Died	22 June 1983 London
Nationality	British
Fields	nuclear
Known for	Calder Hall

Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside OM, KBE, FRS, (12 May 1901, Tisbury, Wiltshire, – 22 June 1983, London) was a British nuclear engineer, and supervisor of the construction of Calder Hall, the world's first large-scale commercial nuclear power station.

[edit] Career

Hinton's career began as graduate engineering apprentice with the Great Western Railway at Swindon. Hinton graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a first class honors degree. Hinton then worked for Brunner Mond, and during WWII, Hinton was seconded to the Ministry of Supply. In 1946, Hinton was appointed Deputy Controller of Production, Atomic Energy, and in 1954 when the Atomic Energy Authority was formed, he was appointed Member for Engineering and Production. Hinton's department was responsible for the design and construction of many of Britain's major nuclear plants, including Windscale, Capenhurst, Springfields and Dounreay. In 1957 Hinton became the first chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board.

[edit] Awards and Achievements

Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1951
Fellow of the Royal Society 1954
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1957
Fellow of Trinity College, 1957
In 1965 he was made a life peer as Baron Hinton of Bankside, of Dulwich in the County of London.
President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1966
Foreign Associate, National Academy of Engineering, 1976
Order of Merit, 1976
Chancellor of the University of Bath 1966-80
International James Watt Medal 1973