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Graeme Davies

New Zealand engineer
Person human Q5592241

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
April 7, 1937, 1937[6]
Date of death
2022
Place of birth
New Zealand
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[7]
Occupation
engineer, academic
Employer
University of London, University of Liverpool[11][12]
Position held
Principal of the University of Glasgow, vice-chancellor of the University of Liverpool, vice-chancellor of the University of London[8][9][10]
Educated at
University of Auckland, St Catharine's College[13][14]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Knight Bachelor, honorary doctor of the University of Auckland[16][17][18][19]
Doctoral advisor
Alan Lee Titchener[15]
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy[21]
Academic thesis
The work-hardening behaviour of polycrystalline copper during interrupted tensile testing[24]
Depicted by
Portrait of Sir Graeme Davies[25]
Family name
Davies[22]
Given name
Graeme[23]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NZThesisProject[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Graeme Davies en Sir Graeme John Davies ar غرايم ديفيز ru Грэм Дейвис
🔖 Identifiers · 13
ISNI
0000000082758130
VIAF cluster ID
284053912, 85646663
Library of Congress authority ID
no2010175419
GND ID
1323268022
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sir Graeme J Davies.jpg ↗
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
DaviesGraeme1937-
CONOR.SI ID
217058659
Freebase ID
/m/0266dsn
IdRef ID
148050336
NUKAT ID
n2017057335, n97016686
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
094896097
Prabook ID
1301211
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WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjF3JQgGFkmjwfKFXkVxKq

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Summary

Graeme Davies was born on April 7, 1937[1], in New Zealand[2]. He died on 2022[3]. He worked as an engineer[4] and academic[5].

FAQs

Where was Graeme Davies born?

Graeme Davies's place of birth was New Zealand[2].

What did Graeme Davies do for work?

Graeme Davies worked as an engineer[4] and academic[5].

Where did Graeme Davies go to school?

Graeme Davies was educated at University of Auckland[13] and St Catharine's College[14].

What awards did Graeme Davies receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering[16], Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[17], Knight Bachelor[18], and honorary doctor of the University of Auckland[19].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . The work-hardening behaviour of polycrystalline copper during interrupted tensile testing. wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . calendar.auckland.ac.nz. calendar.auckland.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Rouletteer · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → Principal of the University of Glasgow, vice-chancellor of the University of Liverpool, vice-chancellor of the University of London
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  2. 15w ago · Rouletteer · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → Principal of the University of Glasgow, vice-chancellor of the University of Liverpool, vice-chancellor of the University of London
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Position held: vice-chancellor of the University of Liverpool"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IdRef ID → 148050336
    NUKAT ID → n2017057335, n97016686
    GND ID → 1323268022
    Academic degree → Doctor of Philosophy
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