![]() ![]() In 1954 he became the first head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Newcastle University, where he remained until his retirement in 1975, apart from a secondment to Heriot-Watt University during its formation of a separate department of chemical engineering. He joined the academic staff, achieving the status of Reader. He did his first degree at Christ's College, Cambridge, then a postgraduate course in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College followed by research, achieving a PhD in 1935. ![]() ![]() Their father was Alfred Coulson (who became Principal of Dudley Technical College) and their mother was Annie Sincere Hancock, a school headmistress. John Coulson was the twin brother of Charles Alfred Coulson, the noted chemist. Was a British chemical engineering academic particularly known for co-writing a textbook on chemical engineering with Jack Richardson (published in 1954), which became an established series of texts now known as Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering. John Metcalfe Coulson (born 13 December 1910 in Dudley, died 6 January 1990 ) For the British diplomat, see John Coulson (diplomat). ![]()
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