Person

Gibb, Claude Dixon (1898 - 1959)

KBE FRS

Born
29 June 1898
Queenstown, South Australia, Australia
Died
15 January, 1959
Newark Airport, New Jersey, United States of America
Occupation
Mechanical engineer

Summary

Sir Claude Gibb, KBE FRS DSc PhD ME FSASM MIEAust, was an Australian-born mechanical engineer and business man, who became a leading industrial and defence figure in Britain, noted for his work on steam turbines, weapons and tanks, and for his role in early civil nuclear power.

In 1946 his work was recognised when he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for his original work in research, design, and development of new methods to manufacture steam turbines, and for his work on armaments. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor (Kt) in 1945 and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1956.

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Chronology

1917 - 1919
Military service - First World War. Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps
1921
Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1924
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1924
Award - Angas Engineering Scholarship, University of Adelaide
c. 1937 -
Career position - Chief Engineer & Director, Messrs. C. A. Parsons & Co. Ltd., Heaton Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
1945
Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt)
1949
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1956
Award - Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
15 Jan 1959
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)

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Edited Books

  • Cumming, D. A.; Moxham, G. C. ed., They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work (Adelaide: D.A. Cumming and G.C Moxham, 1986), 241 pp. "Gibb, Sir Claude Dixon. KCBE FRS DSc PhD ME(Adel) FSASM AMIEAust (1898-1959)" p.71. Details

Journal Articles

  • Chapman, Robert William; Gibb, Claude Dixon, 'The stresses in the floors of elevated cylindrical tanks', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 4 (1925), 33-54, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.632374020765802. Details
  • Chapman, Robert William; Gibb, Claude Dixon; Jenkinson, H. G.; Stanley, M. S.; Shepley, A. R.; Rogers, F. S.; Smith, B. A., 'The stresses in the floors of elevated cylindrical tanks (Discussions and communications)', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 4 (1923), 227-240, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.632541717507125. Details
  • Christopher Hinton; C. Hinton, 'Claude Dixon Gibb, 1898-1959', Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 5 (1) (1960), 87-94, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1960.0008. Details
  • Gibb, Claude Dixon, 'The influence of operating experience on the design and construction of turbines and alternators', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 8 (7) (1936), 241-258. Details
  • Gibb, Claude Dixon, 'Report on investigation into the failure of two 100-MW turbo-generators', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 27 (3) (1955), 71-86?. Details
  • Gibb, Claude Dixon; Burnett, H. C.; Parsons, R. W.; Wigan, L. J. C.; Smith, A. E., 'The influence of operating experience on the design and construction of turbines and alternators (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (3) (1937), 100-102. Details

Resources

See also

Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes

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