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.

Summary

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

University Connections

University Roles

• Alumnus
• Graduate