Hatfield Memorial Lecture
The Hatfield Memorial Lecture is an annual event hosted by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Sheffield. It features presentations from noted academics and industrialists on topics as diverse as space exploration and biomaterials.
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What is the Hatfield Memorial lecture?
On 22nd August 1944, the University of Sheffield agreed to be the Trustees of a fund to establish a lecture series "as a memorial to the late Dr William Herbert Hatfield FRS and as a mark of appreciation of his distinguished work in connection with research into the qualities and uses of metals and allied branches of science".
The lecturer is appointed by the University Council on the recommendation of a Lecture Committee consisting of representatives of the University, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and of a number of other local and national organisations who sponsor the lecture.
The lectures are held annually at the University of Sheffield, usually in the first or second weeks of December.
Dr William Hatfield, FRS
William H Hatfield (1882-1943) studied metallurgy at University College, Sheffield, under Professor John Arnold, who held the Chair of Metallurgy from 1889 until 1919. In 1902 Hatfield won the Mappin Medal and in 1913 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Metallurgy.
Author of numerous technical papers on many branches of metallurgy, in particular rust, cast iron and acid and heat-resistant steels, Hatfield succeeded Harry Brearley Director of the Firth-Brown Research Laboratories in 1916, where he developed several stainless steel compositions, including 18/8 stainless steel, and later joined the Board of Messrs Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited, and was a member of many scientific societies, including being elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1935.
Past Lectures
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Sponsors
The Hatfield Memorial Lecture Committee would like to thank the following sponsors of the lecture; The University of Sheffield; The Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining; the Sheffield Metallurgical and Engineering Association; The Worshipful Company of Ironmongers; Royce at the University of Sheffield and the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Advanced Metallic Systems.
The Venue
The Hatfield Memorial Lecture takes place in The Octagon, Clarkson Street, Sheffield S10 2TQ