| Authorised form of name | Jones; Sir; Bennett Melvill (1887 - 1975) |
| Dates | 1887 - 1975 |
| Date of birth | 28 January 1887 |
| Date of death | 31/10/1975 |
| Activity | Career:
Francis Mond Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Cambridge
Honours:
AFC 1918; CBE 1938; Kt 1942
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/03/1939 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1977 vol 23 pp 253-282, plate, by Sir Arnold Hall and Sir Morien Morgan |
| Code | NA1904 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| PB/4/13/2 | Correspondence and papers with secretaries and members, covering meetings of Aircraft Research Committee on 28 January, 25 February, 4 March, 25 March and 22 April | January-March 1947 |
| IM/GA/WS/1459 | Jones, Sir Bennett Melvill | nd |
| RR/66/155 | Referee's report by Bennett Melvill Jones, on a paper 'The two-dimensional hydrodynamical theory of moving aerofoils. III' by Rosa M Morris | [April 1939] |
| PB/7/2/4/1/3 | Draft letter of protest to President, Royal Society, and miscellaneous letters by Blackett declining to continue attendance at government advisory councils. | June-July 1945 |
| EC/1939/08 | Jones, Sir Bennett Melvill: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/002442 | Group Photograph | nd |
| RR/68/160 | Referee's report by Bennett Melvill Jones, on a paper 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIA - Biharmonic analysis as applied to the flexure and extension of flat elastic plates' by L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell | 26 May 1941 |
| IM/002440 | Jones, Sir Bennett Melvill | February 1967 |