Biography of Cecil Neil Black

Cecil Neil Black graduated BSc from the University in 1939. He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1917, son of Gordon, an agent for a manufacturer.

Black enrolled at the University in 1935, aged 17, to study Applied Science, benefiting from a Carnegie Trust Grant and a T B Mackenzie scholarship. Black specialised in Metallurgy, graduating BSc in 1939, and worked as a metallurgist in Glasgow. He died in 2001 and was buried in Sweden.

Sources

Other Online Resources

• Birth
• Grave
• Register till dödannonser i Svenska Dagbladet 2001

Archival Materials

• DC 183/11/100 General Council
• DC 183/11/90 General Council
• DC183/11/70 General Council
• R8/5/56/1 Matriculation Slip 1935-1936
• R8/5/57/1 Matriculation Slip 1936-1937
• R8/5/58/1 Matriculation Slip 1937-1938
• R8/5/59/1 Matriculation Slip 1938-1939

Summary

Cecil Neil Black
Born 25 October 1917.
Died 9 February 2001.
GU Degree: BSc, 1939; Science and Engineering,
University Link: Alumnus, Graduate
Occupation categories: metallurgists
English snippet: Science graduate of the University of Glasgow
Record last updated: 23rd Jan 2013

Country Associations

Sweden, Gothenburg
Place of Birth

Scotland, Glasgow

University Connections

University Roles

• Alumnus
• Graduate