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Hawthorne, Sir William Rede, son of William Hawthorne MICE, consulting electrical engineer, of Ealing, and Elizabeth Curle, d. of John William Greenwood of Dunbar; b. 22 May 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (H); left July 1931; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1931, BA 1934 (1st class hons Nat. Sci. Trip. Pts 1 & 2), MA 1951; Commonwealth Fellow MIT, Mass., USA, 1935-7; devel. engineer Babcock & Wilcox Ltd 1937-9; Min. of Aircraft Production (sci. officer Roy. Aircraft EstablishÂment) 1940-4, seconded to Sir Frank Whittle 1940-1; assoc. Prof. of Mech. Engineering MIT 1946-8, Prof. 1948-51; Hopkinson and ICI Prof. of Applied Thermodynamics, Univ. of CamÂbridge, 1951-80; Fellow of Trinity 1951; FRS 1955; CBE 1959, Kt 1970; Home Office Scientific Advisory Council 1967-76; Master of Churchill Coll. Camb. 1968-83; Standing Commn on Energy and the Environment 1978-81; Royal Medal, Royal Society, 1982; Fellow Imp. Coll. Lond. 1983; a Governor of the school 1956-76; a Busby Trustee 1980-; m. 29 Apr. 1939 Barbara, d. of John Cornelius Runkle of Cambridge, Mass., USA; d. 16 Sept. 2011.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1919 to Election 1989, Volume 4, compiled by F.E. Pagan and H.E. Pagan, Padstow, 1992