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Authorised form of nameRicardo; Sir; Harry Ralph (1885 - 1974)
Dates1885 - 1974
Date of birth26 January 1885
Date of death18/05/1974
OccupationEngineer
ActivityEducation:
BA (Cantab)
Honours:
Kt 1948
Memberships:
AMICE; MIAE
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/05/1929
Royal Society activityMedals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1944
Lectures:
Bakerian 1947
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1976 vol 22 pp 359-380, plate, by Sir William Hawthorne
Royal Society codeNA704
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1929/13Ricardo, Sir Harry Ralph: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/WS/1269Ricardo, Sir Harry Ralphnd
RR/65/147Referee's report by Harry Ralph Ricardo, on a paper 'The two-stage auto-ignition of hydrocarbons and "Knock"' by G P KaneMarch 1938
RR/48/51Referee's report by Harry Ralph Ricardo, on a paper 'The mean effective pressure in reciprocating engines as influenced by considerations of the kinetic theory of gases' by Henry Homan Jeffcottnd [August 1933]
P/0245Portrait (study) of Ricardo, Harry Ralph c.1955
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