Hermann Glauert
Hermann Glauert (c1893-1934), principal scientific officer of the Royal Aircraft Establishment and head of the Aerodynamics Department
Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire; his father Louis Glauert was a cutlery manufacturer.
Glauert wrote numerous reports and memoranda dealing with aerofoil and propeller theory. His book, The Elements of Aerofoil and Airscrew Theory was the single most important instrument for spreading airfoil and wing theory around the English speaking world. Glauert independently developed Prandtl-Glauert method from the then-existing aerodynamic theory and published his results in The Proceedings of the Royal Society in 1928. In the 1930s, he was the academic supervisor of aerodynamicist and educationalist Gwen Alston.
Died aged 41 in an accident in a small park in Fleet common in Farnborough by chance fragment of a tree that was being blown up on Aldershot Common.
Married fellow RAE Farnborough aerodynamicist Muriel Barker. They had three children: a son, Michael (1924–2004), and twins Audrey (1925-2014) and Richard (1925-2016).
Glauert is buried in the Ship Lane Cemetery, Farnborough. After Muriel Glauert's death in 1949, she was buried alongside her husband.