Christopher Grigson

Christopher William Baisely "Grig" Grigson (1 December 1926 – 19 February 2001) was a British naval architect and electronics engineer who is credited with the invention of scanning electron diffraction.

Early life and education Grigson was born in Hoshangabad, India, to Sir Wilfrid Grigson, Deputy Commissioner of the Central Provinces and Berar, and his wife, Lady Phyllis Grigson. The scanning diffraction system that he developed for scanning transmission electron microscopes was known for many years as the "Grigson coil."

In 1968, he moved to Kristiansand, Norway to begin working at his father-in-law's naval firm, A/S Athene. He ran the company for several years from his father-in-law's death in 1974 until the company closed due to oil crises of the 1970s. After the business closed he worked as an independent consultant in hydrodynamics, including investigation of the sinking of the bulk ore carrier Derbyshire. In 1992 he and his family moved to Grimstad, and Grigson began lecturing at the University of Agder Engineering College, teaching hydrodynamics and basic physics. He published nearly 20 papers in the journal of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects before his death of cancer in Grimstad on 19 February 2001.

Grigson was a fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects.