Hugh Ford (engineer)

For other people by this name, see Hugh Ford (disambiguation).

Hugh Ford
Born(1913-07-16)16 July 1913
Died28 May 2010(2010-05-28) (aged 96)
NationalityBritish
Alma materImperial College London
Spouse(s)Wynyard Scholfield (1942–1991)
Thelma Jensen (since 1993)
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1]
James Watt International Medal
FREng[citation needed]
Scientific career
InstitutionsImperial Chemical Industries
Imperial College London
Great Western Railway

Sir Hugh Ford FREng[2] FRS[1] (16 July 1913 – 28 May 2010) was a British engineer. He was Professor of Applied Mechanics at Imperial College London from 1951 to 1978.[3]

  1. ^ a b Williams, G. (2013). "Sir Hugh Ford. 16 July 1913 -- 28 May 2010". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 59: 145–156. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2012.0041.
  2. ^ Williams, Gordon (January 2013). "Sir Hugh Ford. 16 July 1913 — 28 May 2010". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 59: 145–156. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2012.0041. ISSN 0080-4606.
  3. ^ "Professor Sir Hugh Ford". telegraph.co.uk. London. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.