Ernest Hondros
{{Short description|British material scientist}}
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| caption = Ernest Hondros in 1983 during VAMAS meeting at NPL
| birth_name = Anastasios Demetrios Hondros
| birth_date = {{birth date |1930|02|18}}
| birth_place = Kastelorizo, Greece
| death_date = {{death date and age |2016|09|13 |1930|02|18}}
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| fields = Tribology{{Cite book|title=Tribology|last=Demetrios|first=Ernest Hondros|date=1971|publisher=Mills and Boon|isbn=9780263515886|location=London|oclc=570925}}
| workplaces = National Physical Laboratory
University of Melbourne
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| awards = A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize
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Ernest Demetrious Hondros {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG|FRS}} (February 18, 1930 – September 13, 2016){{cite journal|last1=Seah|first1=Martin P.|last2=Lea|first2=Colin|title=Anastasios (Ernest) Demetrios Hondros CMG FRS. 18 February 1930—13 September 2016|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|year=2018|issn=0080-4606|doi=10.1098/rsbm.2017.0032|doi-access=free}} was a British material scientist, and visiting professor at Imperial College London.{{cite web|url=http://www.imperial.ac.uk/college.asp?P=5262|title=Imperial College London - Fellows of the Royal Society|website=www.imperial.ac.uk}}{{cite web |url=http://www.iom3.org/fellows-lounge/feature/2017/jan/31/obituary-professor-ernest-hondros-cmg-frs |title=Obituary |website=iom3.org}}
Life
He was born in Kastelorizo in Greece. He grew up in Queensland.{{fact|date=March 2018}} He earned a Doctor of Science (DSc) degree from the University of Melbourne.{{when|date=March 2018}} He was Director of the Petten Establishment, at the Joint Research Centre.{{cite journal|last1=Hondros|first1=Ernest D.|last2=Bullock|first2=E.|title=Materials for the Next Millenium|journal=Angewandte Chemie|volume=101|issue=8|year=2006|pages=1114–1123|issn=0044-8249|doi=10.1002/ange.19891010850}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/82666875/Ernie-Hondros |title=Ernie Hondros |access-date=2011-12-27 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121151541/http://www.docstoc.com/docs/82666875/Ernie-Hondros |archive-date=2013-01-21 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.must.unimelb.edu.au/?p=8170|title=The Queen's Comedy – 04/11/1951 - Melbourne University Student Theatre Archive|website=www.must.unimelb.edu.au}}
=Honours and awards=
- Elected a Fellow of The Royal Society (FRS){{when|date=March 2018}}
- Appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG){{when|date=March 2018}}
- Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, Melbourne University and University of London{{fact|date=March 2018}}
- Dr d’U (Paris) –Doctor of the Universite de Paris, France{{fact|date=March 2018}}
- Member d'Honneur, Societe Francaise de Metallurgie
- Rosenhain Medal (Metals Society, U.K.)
- Howe Medal (American Society of Metals)
- A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize
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Category:British materials scientists
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society
Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:Academics of Imperial College London
Category:University of Melbourne alumni
Category:Scientists of the National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)