Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,663 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

G. W. Barber

From Graces Guide

G. W. Barber (c1906-1963)


1963 Obituary[1]

"WE record with regret the death of MR. G. W. BARBER, assistant chief designer (aero), of Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd. Mr. Barber was fifty-seven. He was educated in Halifax and joined the engine division of the Bristol Aeroplane Co in 1934. From 1941 until 1956 Mr. Barber was in charge of the company's research design group when he was appointed assistant chief designer. He continued in this position on the formation of Bristol Siddeley in 1959. Mr. Barber was an associate member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society."


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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1963 Jul-Dec