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Sir James Sharp Tait (13 June 1912–18 February 1998) was a Scottish electrical engineer who was the first Vice-Chancellor of the City University, London. ==Life== Tait was born 13 June 1912 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, the son of a gardener, leaving school at 14 to become an engineering apprentice and taking evening classes.〔(The Herald, 7 March 1998 ) Sir James Tait〕〔(The Independent, 27 February 1998 ) Obituary; Sir James Tait〕 He obtained an engineering qualification ARTC (with a distinction in electrical engineering) at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, and stayed on as a lecturer. While working as a lecturer, he gained a double first class honours degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, as an external student of London University and went on to get a PhD from Glasgow University.〔 He married Mary Cassidy Linton (who survived him) in 1939. They had two sons and one daughter.〔〔 In 1946 he was appointed Head of the Electrical Engineering Department at Portsmouth Municipal College, but in 1947 took up the equivalent position at Northampton Polytechnic. In 1951, he became its Principal.〔〔 In 1957 it became a College of Advanced Technology with Tait as its Principal, and in 1966 became the City University, London, at which point Tait became its first Vice-Chancellor.〔 He retired in 1974. 〔〔 Outside work, he was an Elder of the Presbyterian Church and was active in the Scouting movement.〔 He died 18 February 1998, in Teddington, Middlesex.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Sharp Tait」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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