Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd.: Dr. C. Dannatt, O.B.E.

Abstract

Dc. C. Dannatt has been appointed chief electrical engineer of the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., in succession to Mr. G. A. Juhlin, who has resigned, though retaining his connexion with the Company. Dr. Dannatt received his technical education under Prof. W. M. Thornton at Armstrong College, Newcastle, from which he graduated in electrical engineering in 1921. His studies were interrupted by the First World War. Dr. Dannatt went to Metropolitan-Vickers as a college apprentice in 1921 and afterwards joined the electrical and magnetic section of the Research Department, taking charge of the section in 1924. His activities have been mainly concerned with engineering investigations, and he is a recognized authority on electrical measurements especially in relation to magnetism and the behaviour of dielectrics. He is the principal author of a volume on “Electrical Power Transmission and Interconnection”. In 1936 he was awarded the degree of D.Sc. by the University of Durham. Dr. Dannatt was appointed to the chair of electrical engineering in the University of Birmingham in August 1940; but at the request of the Admiralty he continued part-time activities with the Metropolitan-Vickers Co.; in the New Year Honours List of 1943 he was awarded the O.B.E. for contributions to naval gunnery. In 1944 he returned to Metropolitan-Vickers as assistant to the chief electrical engineer, and in the following year he was appointed deputy chief electrical engineer.