William Hawthorne

Engineer, Deceased Person

1913 – 2011

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Who was William Hawthorne?

Sir William Rede Hawthorne CBE, FRS, FREng, FIMECHE, FRAES, was a British professor of engineering who worked on the development of the jet engine.

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Born
May 22, 1913
Profession
Education
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Westminster School
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Employment
  • Power Jets
Lived in
  • Newcastle upon Tyne
Died
Sep 16, 2011

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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