James Sharp Tait

Sir James Sharp Tait (13 June 1912 – 18 February 1998) was a Scottish electrical engineer who was the first Vice-Chancellor of the City University, London.

Tait was born on 13 June 1912 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, the son of a gardener.

[1][2] In 1946 he was appointed Head of the Electrical Engineering Department at Portsmouth Municipal College, but in 1947 took up the equivalent position at Northampton Polytechnic.

[1][2] City University, London, awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1974 and also named a building after him.

He was awarded a Doctor of Laws by Strathclyde University, the successor to the Royal Technical College, Glasgow.