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Authorised form of nameHall; Sir; Arnold Alexander (1915 - 2000)
Dates1915 - 2000
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLiverpool, England
Date of birth23/04/1915
Date of death09/01/2000
OccupationEngineer
Research fieldAeronautics
ActivityEducation:
Alsop High School, Liverpool; Clare College, Cambridge
Career:
Resident Fellow in Aeronautics of the Company of Armourers and Brasiers (1936); Principal Scientific Officer, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough (1938); Zaharoff Professor of Aviation, London University (post war); Director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment (1951); joined Hawker Siddeley in 1955, retired in 1986
Honours:
Kt 1954
Memberships:
FREng; FRAS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election19/03/1953
Age at election37
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1978-1979; VP 1978-1979
Lectures:
Tercentenary 1960
SourceObituaries:
The Times (11 January 2000), Telegraph (11 January 2000); Guardian (11 January 2000)
CodeNA2432
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/001852Hall, Sir Arnold Alexandernd
IM/001849Hall, Sir Arnold Alexandernd
IM/001851Hall, Sir Arnold Alexandernd
IM/001850Hall, Sir Arnold Alexandernd
EC/1953/12Hall, Sir Arnold Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/GRS/6328Hall, Sir Arnold Alexandernd
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