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Geoffrey Vickers

English military officer, lawyer, and systems scientist (1894-1982); recipient of the Victoria Cross · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 87

Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Vickers, VC was an English lawyer, administrator, writer and pioneering systems scientist. He had varied interests with roles at different times with the London Passenger Transport Board, Law Society, Medical Research Council and Mental Health Research Fund.

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Victoria Cross

About this person

In the later years he wrote and lectured on social systems analysis and the complex patterns of social organisation. The Sir Geoffrey Vickers Memorial Award has been presented by the International Society for the Systems Sciences since 1987 in his memory.

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1982 · aged 87