Prof Allan T Johns's Biography
- Forename(s)
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Allan Thomas
- Sex
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Male
- Date of Birth
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14/4/1942
- Foretitle(s)
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Prof
- Surname
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JOHNS
- Style
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Prof Allan T Johns
- Recreations
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ice-skating, bowls, walking, piano, singing (solo performer at major concerts), coaching promising young singers
Prof Allan T Johns's Professional Career
- Career
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professional singer: cathedral lay vicar and clerk 1960-63, p/t concert baritone 1963-; asst dist engr SW Electricity Bd 1963-68, reader in power systems Univ of Bath 1976-84 (res fell 1968-69, lectr in electrical engrg 1969-76), head of Electrical Electronic and Information Engrg Dept and dir of Power and Energy Systems Research Centre City Univ 1988-91 (prof of electrical and electronic engrg 1984-88), prof of electrical engrg Univ of Bath 1991-2001 (head Sch of Electronic and Electrical Engrg 1992-98, dir Overseas Devpt 1998-2001), emeritus prof of electrical and electronic engrg 2001-; non-exec chm Intalec Int Electrical Engrg Consulting Engrs 1995-; chm SERC Electricity Research Co-Funding Ctee 1989-94, memb SERC Electromechanical Engrg Ctee (chm Electrical Power Industries Gp 1991-94), memb numerous national and int ctees incl Br nat memb CIGRÉ 2000-04; conslt: GEC, NGC, British Technol Group; ed: IEE Power Engineering Series 1984-2005, IEE Power Engineering Jl 1989-99; govr Greendown Secdy Sch Swindon (sometime chm and vice-chm), ex-officio fndn govr Broad Hinton C of E Sch 2001- (chm 2003-); ind memb Wilts Police Authy 2008- (chm Professional Standards Ctee and lead memb for custody and procurement), memb Miny of Justice Ind Monitoring Bd HMP Erlestoke; author of 4 books and over 200 res papers, awarded 4 learned soc premiums incl IEE Power Div and Crompton Awards (1968, 1982, 1988 and 1995); CEng, FIEE 1981, FRSA 1988, FIET 2006
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