Richard Vynne Southwell ( 1888 - 1970 )

Birth: 02 July 1888 Death: 09 December 1970 Education; King Edward VII School Norwich 1898-1907; Trinity College Cambridge 1907-1910, B.Sc Class I; Fellow of Trinity College Cambidge 1912; Career: Superintendent of the Aerodynamics Department of the National Physical Laboratory 1920-1925 Fellow and Faculty Lecturer in Mathematics at Trinity College Cambridge 1925 Professor of Engineering Science, Oxford 1929 Rector of Imperial College London 1942-1948 President of International Union for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 1946-1948; President of International Congressof Applied Mechanics 1948-1952, and Treasurer 1952-1956 General Secretary of the British Association1948-1956 Hon. Ll.