Philip Humphrey Thomas (16 June 1926 - 14 January 2014)

摘要

It is with the great sadness that we have learnt of the sudden death on 14th January 2014 of the eminent fire scientist, Dr Philip Humphrey Thomas, aged 87. Philip was the towering figure in the world of fire safety science and engineering. He was not only the most gifted of research scientists but also, by his leadership of key international bodies, an agent for change in the delivery of practical fire safety based on scientific understanding rather than the experience-based approaches of the past. Philip graduated with First Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering from Cambridge University in 1945 obtaining his PhD in 1950 in the Physical Chemistry Department. He joined the Fire Research Station (FRS) in Borehamwood in 1951.