About Frank Newman Speller
Lived 1875 – 1968 (aged 92–93). Frank Newman Speller was an American engineer and metallurgist.
Frank Newman Speller Sr (January 1, 1875 – January 12, 1968) was a Canadian born American metallurgical engineer notable for his pioneering text on corrosion in 1926. For his service to the field he won the Longstreth Medal, American Iron and Steel Institute Medal and the Max Hecht Award (1960).
The Frank Newman Speller Award was named in his honor.
Biography Frank Newman Speller was born in Toronto in 1875.
He died at his son's home in Buffalo, New York on January 12, 1968.
Books by Speller Frank Newman Speller, Corrosion, Causes and Prevention - an engineering problem, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, 1926, LCCN: 26010656.
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American metallurgist (1875–1968)
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Frank Newman Speller was born in 1875 in Toronto.
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Frank Newman Speller died on 12 January 1968 in Buffalo.
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Frank Newman Speller was an engineer and metallurgist.
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