| Authorised form of name | Pugsley; Sir; Alfred Grenville (1903 - 1998) |
| Dates | 1903 - 1998 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Wimbledon, Surrey, England |
| Date of birth | 13/05/1903 |
| Date of death | 07/03/1998 |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Activity | Education:
Rutlish School, Merton; London University. DSc (1938)
Career:
Student Apprentice in Civil engineering, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich (1923-1926); Technical Officer, Royal Airship Works, Cardington (1926-1931); Member of scientific and technical staff, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough (1931-1945) and Head, Department of Structural and Mechanical Engineering (1941-1945); Visiting Lecturer on Aircraft Structures, Imperial College, London (1938-1940); Professor of Civil Engineering, Bristol University (1945-1968); Chairman, Aeronautical Research Council (1952-1957)
Honours:
OBE 1944; Kt 1956
Memberships:
FEng (1976)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/03/1952 |
| Age at election | 48 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1959-1961 |
| Relationships | Married (1928) Kathleen M Warner (died 1974) |
| Source | AssocMaterial:
NCUACS 13/6/89. Papers deposited in Bristol University Library
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1999 vol 45 pp 417-435, plate, by Lord Chilver of Cranfield |
| Code | NA3353 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1952/16 | Pugsley, Sir Alfred Grenville: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/003691 | Pugsley, SIr Alfred Grenvile | nd |
| PB/1/33/3/6 | Companion of Honour | 1965 |
| IM/GA/WS/4351 | Pugsley, Sir Alfred Grenvile | nd |
| IM/003690 | Pugsley, SIr Alfred Grenvile | November 1960 |
| IM/003692 | Pugsley, SIr Alfred Grenvile | nd |
| IM/003689 | Pugsley, SIr Alfred Grenvile | 1957 |
| RR/66/183 | Letter from Alfred Grenville Pugsley, RAE, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding two papers 'Supersonic dispersion in gases II. Air containing water vapour' by M Mokhtar and E G Richardson, and 'The air wave surrounding an expanding sphere' by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor | 1 April 1940 |
| RR/79/201 | Referee's report by Alfred Grenville Pugsley, on a paper 'The minimum weight design of structural frames' by J Foulkes | 19 September 1953 |