David Pye (engineer)

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D. R. Pye
Born
David Randall Pye

29 April 1886 – 20 February 1960
Died20 February 1960(1960-02-20) (aged 73)
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Academic background
EducationTonbridge School
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineEngineer
Sub-discipline
Institutions
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Royal Air Force
UnitRoyal Flying Corps
Battles / warsFirst World War

Sir David Randall Pye CB FRS[1] (29 April 1886 – 20 February 1960) was a British mechanical engineer and academic administrator.[2] He served as Provost of University College London from 1942 to 1951.

  1. ^ Saunders, O. A. (1961). "David Randall Pye. 1886-1960". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 7: 198–205. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1961.0015. S2CID 73367463.
  2. ^ "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35636. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)