William Rede Hawthorne
Sir William Rede Hawthorne, Master of Churchill College, Cambridge and Head of the Department of Engineering
1913 Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, son of William Hawthorne and his wife Elizabeth
Educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge
Became a graduate apprentice at Babcock and Wilcox
Commonwealth Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1940 Moved to the Engine Research Group at the Royal Aircraft Establishment. He was seconded to Frank Whittle's group at Lutterworth, developing the jet engine at BTH's old works at Lutterworth; using his fluid flow expertise, he helped solve the problem of the engines not running smoothly by redesigning the combustion chamber with Whittle.
Westinghouse Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT
1951 First holder of the Chair of Thermodynamics at Cambridge
1950s Invented the Dracone for floating storage of oil
1955 Elected fellow of Royal Society
1968 Elected master of Churchill College. Appointed head of the Department of Engineering, Cambridge
2011 Died
1947 Bio Note. [1]
Dr. HAWTHORNE was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and graduated B.A. in the Mechanical Sciences Tripos in 1934 - subsequently obtaining the Sc.D. Fuel Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, U.S.A., in 1939.
From 1937 to 1939 he was Development Engineer with Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd., and from 1940 to 1944 served with the Royal Aircraft Establishment (Gas Turbine Division).
In 1944 Dr. Hawthorne was appointed Technical Liaison Officer, British Air Commission, Washington, D.C., in 1945 Deputy Director Engine Research, Ministry of Aircraft Production, and since 1946 has been Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1947 IMechE Proceedings
- The Guardian, 3 November 2011