David Randall Pye
Male, Deceased Person
1886 – 1960
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Who was David Randall Pye?
Sir David Randall Pye CB FRS was a British mechanical engineer and academic administrator.
Pye was born in Hampstead, London and educated at Tonbridge School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was appointed CB in 1937; He was appointed provost of University College, London in 1942, and made a Knight Bachelor in 1952.
In the 1955 film The Dam Busters, Pye was played by Stanley van Beers.
He is the father of William Pye, a noted sculptor.
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- Born
- Apr 29, 1886
- Education
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Died
- Feb 20, 1960
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on July 23, 2013
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