16 March 1982(1982-03-16) (aged 87) Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1914–1919, 1939–1945
Rank
Colonel
Unit
The Sherwood Foresters
Battles/wars
World War I
World War II
Awards
Victoria Cross
Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Other work
Systems scientist
Sir (Charles) Geoffrey Vickers, VC (13 October 1894 – 16 March 1982) 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. 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.
He was awarded the Victoria Cross in World War I while serving in The Sherwood Foresters, and was knighted following World War II, during which he served as Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Economic Warfare, in charge of economic intelligence and as a member of the Joint Intelligence Committee.
Committee. GeoffreyVickers was born and grew up in Nottingham, where his father Charles Henry Vickers ran a successful lace business, Vickers & Hine Ltd...
including some Nobel laureates: The Sir GeoffreyVickers Memorial Award is an annual award in memory of Sir GeoffreyVickers for outstanding student papers at...
American film history, the lead role in Captain Blood (1935), Major GeoffreyVickers in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), and the hero in a number...
The Charge of the Light Brigade Michael Curtiz Capt. (later Major) GeoffreyVickers Filmed on location in Lone Pine, California 1937 Green Light Frank...
Victor Chan, is using AI to facilitate compassionate communities. GeoffreyVickers introduced concept of 'Appreciative Systems' (1968) Kenneth J. Gergen...
with the letter "V". Vickers' submission had initially been rejected as not being as advanced as the Victor and the Vulcan, but Vickers' chief designer George...
Charles Vickers may refer to: Charles GeoffreyVickers (1894–1982), English lawyer, administrator, writer and systems scientist Charles Vickers (footballer)...
for Complex Systems Modeling". In 1991, Joslyn was awarded the Sir GeoffreyVickers' Award for Best Student Paper from the International Society for the...
Tillich, Sir Walter Moberly, John Baillie, Sir Hector Herrington, GeoffreyVickers, A. R. Vidler, H. A. Hodges, and Adolph Lowe. Catholic historian and...
Guards. James Lennox Dawson, 187th Company, Corps of Royal Engineers. GeoffreyVickers, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). John...
the First World War: Alan Jerrard VC Cecil Leonard Knox VC Charles GeoffreyVickers VC 1876–1883: Henry Reade 1883–1884: Rev. Thomas. C. Fry 1885–1892:...
UKSS (United Kingdom Systems Society). In 1995, she received the Sir GeoffreyVickers Memorial Award. In the year July 2010 to 2011, she served as president...
novel of 1973, Flashman At The Charge. A totally fictitious "Major GeoffreyVickers", standing in for Nolan but with utterly different motives in ordering...
Veld (1925–2005) Dutch aerospace engineer and organizational theorist GeoffreyVickers (1894–1982) Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972) Austrian Canadian biologist...
battalion received its first Victoria Cross (VC) when Temporary Captain GeoffreyVickers was awarded the VC – the highest award for bravery in the face of the...
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World War Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain, later Colonel) Charles GeoffreyVickers, First World War Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Albert Ball, First...
Ian Henderson, who became the chair, while Victoria Cross recipient GeoffreyVickers became chair of the research committee. In 1972, the Mental Health...
1939–1947 Colonel Charles GeoffreyVickers, 1941–47 William B Neville, 1946–47 Sir Gilfrid Craig, 1944–46 Sir Edward Hardy, 1946–47 Geoffrey Hayworth, 1942–47...
Canal du Nord, France Arthur Vickers Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1915-09-2525 September 1915 Hulloch, France GeoffreyVickers Sherwood Foresters 1915-10-1414...
Steele, former Commander-in-Chief of RAF Coastal Command Sir (Charles) GeoffreyVickers VC, lawyer, administrator, writer and pioneering systems scientist...
War, Jeffrey Quill was Vickers Supermarine's chief test pilot, in charge of flight testing all aircraft types built by Vickers Supermarine. He oversaw...
(2006–2012) Dan Davey (2012–2015) Chris Barker (2015–present) Sir GeoffreyVickers, winner of the Victoria Cross, former Deputy Director-General of the...
in the First World War in 1915, was born in Greasley. (1894–1982) GeoffreyVickers, awarded the Victoria Cross and the Belgian Croix de Guerre for valour...
British lines, carried by Captain Charles GeoffreyVickers Second trench map showing British lines, carried by Vickers. Union Flag is sited in the centre of...
(born 1898) 16 March Walter Rangeley, Olympic athlete (born 1903) Sir GeoffreyVickers, lawyer, administrator, writer and scientist (born 1894) 18 March –...
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