Fernley H. Banbury
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Fernley Hope Banbury
| image = Fernley_Hope_Banbury.jpg
| birth_date = 22 December 1881
| birth_place = Cornwall, United Kingdom
| death_date = 26 May 1963
| death_place = Torquay, England
| nationality =
| field = Polymer engineering
| work_institution = Farrel Corporation
| alma_mater = Purdue University
| doctoral_advisor =
| known_for = Banbury mixer
| prizes = {{ubl|Charles Goodyear Medal (1959)}}
}}
Fernley Hope Banbury (22 December 1881 – 26 May 1963) was an English scientist and engineer. He invented the Banbury mixer, which is used to mix or blend a wide range of materials used in different industries including the food, chemical, pharmaceutical, plastic, rubber and mineral industries.{{cite book|title=Banbury the Master Mixer; A Biography of Fernley H. Banbury |first=David Herbert | last=Killefer |publisher=Palmerton |year=1962 }}{{cite book |title=Rubber Processing: Technology, Materials, and Principles |last=White |first=James L. |year=1995 |ISBN=9781569901656 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rubberprocessing0000whit/page/586 586] |url=https://archive.org/details/rubberprocessing0000whit/page/586 }}
Biography
He was born in England on 22 December 1881 in Cornwall, England.He wrote "Saint Germain, England" for his US WWII draft registration. In 1904, he migrated to the United States, and earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 1906,{{cite book|title=Purdue Debris|date=1906|publisher=Senior Class of Purdue University|location=Lafayette, Ind.|url=https://archive.org/details/purduedebris00purd_3|access-date=20 September 2017}} with a thesis titled "Test of New Lighting Plant". His yearbook records this about him: "if genuine English perseverance coupled with absolute honesty can achieve success, Fernly has a bright future." He received the Charles Goodyear Medal in 1959, one of only two electrical engineers ever to do so (the other being Adolf Schallamach). He was an executive at the Farrel Corporation of Ansonia, Connecticut. He died on 26 May 1963 in Torquay, England.{{cite news |title=Fernley H. Banbury, Mixer Inventor, 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/05/29/archives/fernley-h-banbury-mixer-inventor-81.html |quote=Fernley H. Banbury, an inventor and a retired executive of the Farrel Corporation of Ansonia, died Sunday in Torquay, England. He was 81 years old |agency=Associated Press|via=The New York Times |date=28 May 1963 |access-date=2014-01-06 }}
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Category:British polymer scientists and engineers
Category:Purdue University College of Engineering alumni
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