David Harrison (chemical engineer)

Sir David Harrison CBE FREng[1] FRSCM[2] (3 May 1930 – 27 March 2023) was a British chemical engineer and academic.

[3] Harrison was educated at Bede School, Sunderland, Clacton County High School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, reading natural sciences (chemistry),[4] before receiving a PhD in physical chemistry.

He joined the newly formed Chemical Engineering Department doing extensive research into Fluidisation which resulted in three books, all written with his close friend Prof John Davidson.

Outside academia, he was chairman of the Government's Advisory Committee on the safety of nuclear installations.

He chaired the Councils of both Exeter and Ely Cathedrals, he was a governor of numerous schools and Director of the Salters Livery Company.