Person Southwell; Sir; Richard Vynne (1888 - 1970) Southwell Richard Vynne Sir 1888 - 1970 Male 02 July 1888 09/12/1970 19701209

Education; King Edward VII School Norwich 1898-1907; Trinity College Cambridge 1907-1910, B.Sc Class I; Fellow of Trinity College Cambidge 1912; Career: Superintendent of the Aerodynamics Department of the National Physical Laboratory 1920-1925 Fellow and Faculty Lecturer in Mathematics at Trinity College Cambridge 1925 Professor of Engineering Science, Oxford 1929 Rector of Imperial College London 1942-1948 President of International Union for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 1946-1948; President of International Congressof Applied Mechanics 1948-1952, and Treasurer 1952-1956 General Secretary of the British Association1948-1956 Hon. Ll.D by University of St Andrews 1939, Glasgow 1957; Hon. D.Sc. by Universities of Bristol, Brussels in 1949, and Queen's University Belfast in 1952; Hon. D.Eng. by University of Sheffield 1958. Hon. Fellow of Brasenose College Oxford in 1943, and Imperial College London and Trinity College Cambridge in 1950. Medals; Telford Premium 1932 by Institution of Civil Engineers James Alfred Ewing Medal 1946 by Institution of Civil Engineeers Clayton Prize 1947 by Institution of Mechanical Engineers Worcester Reed Warner Medal 1941 by , and Timoshenko Medal in 1959, by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Lectures: James Forest Lecture 1930 and 1948, Institution of Civil Engineeers Wright Brothers Lecture, 1941, Institution of Aeronautical Sciences Hinchley Lecture, 1950, University of Toronto Trueman Wood Lecture, 1953, RoyalSociety of Arts Thomas Hawksley Lecture, 1954, Institution of Mechanical Engineers W J Rankin Memorial Lecture, 1955, University of Glasgow Honours: Kt 1948 Played golf with, and friend of Ernest Rutherford, Ralph Fowler, Aston and Taylor Royal Society roles: Council, 1930-1831 Lectures: Bakerian 1943 Fellow 07/05/1925 Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1972 vol 18 pp 549-565, plate, by D G Christopherson ©Godfrey Argent Studio International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 'An Introduction to thetheory of elasticity for engineers and physicists' 1936; https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-20512 2 Jul 1888 - 9 Dec 1970 NA912 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/111136639 d3f20e86-0116-47cf-912f-947389cbf596