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1917 Chief of Aeronautics Department at the [[National Physical Laboratory]]. <ref>The Engineer 1917/09/07</ref> | |||
Sir Leonard Bairstow (1880-1963), CBE, FRS, FRAeS is known for his work in aviation and for Bairstow's method for arbitrarily finding the roots of polynomials. | |||
1880 Born in Halifax, the son of Uriah Bairstow, a wealthy Halifax, West Yorkshire man and keen mathematician. | |||
As a boy, Leonard went to Queens Road and Moorside Council Schools before going to Heath Grammar School which he attended briefly before going to the Council Secondary School - then known as the Higher Grade School. A scholarship took him to the Royal College of Science where he secured a Whitworth Scholarship which enabled him to carry out research into explosion of gases. | |||
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1917 Chief of Aeronautics Department at the [[National Physical Laboratory]]. <ref>The Engineer 1917/09/07</ref> where ultimately he became head of aeroplane research work. He held the Zaharoff Chair of Aviation at Imperial College London from 1920-1949 and became Professor Sir Leonard Bairstow. For a time his assistant there was Beatrice Mabel Cave-Browne-Cave, a pioneer in the mathematics of aeronautics. | |||
He became a member of the Royal Society of London and the Royal Aeronautical Society. | |||
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Bairstow Wikipedia] | |||
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Revision as of 19:17, 2 December 2014
Engineer.
Sir Leonard Bairstow (1880-1963), CBE, FRS, FRAeS is known for his work in aviation and for Bairstow's method for arbitrarily finding the roots of polynomials.
1880 Born in Halifax, the son of Uriah Bairstow, a wealthy Halifax, West Yorkshire man and keen mathematician.
As a boy, Leonard went to Queens Road and Moorside Council Schools before going to Heath Grammar School which he attended briefly before going to the Council Secondary School - then known as the Higher Grade School. A scholarship took him to the Royal College of Science where he secured a Whitworth Scholarship which enabled him to carry out research into explosion of gases. Career
1917 Chief of Aeronautics Department at the National Physical Laboratory. [1] where ultimately he became head of aeroplane research work. He held the Zaharoff Chair of Aviation at Imperial College London from 1920-1949 and became Professor Sir Leonard Bairstow. For a time his assistant there was Beatrice Mabel Cave-Browne-Cave, a pioneer in the mathematics of aeronautics.
He became a member of the Royal Society of London and the Royal Aeronautical Society.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1917/09/07