John Davidson (chemical engineer)

John Davidson
Born
John Frank Davidson

(1926-02-07)7 February 1926
Died25 December 2019(2019-12-25) (aged 93)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
AwardsRoyal Medal (1999)
FREng
Scientific career
FieldsChemical engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge

John Frank Davidson (7 February 1926 – 25 December 2019) was a British chemical engineer and former Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is widely acknowledged as the "founding father of fluidization in chemical engineering".