Archibald Reith Low
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Aviator's Certificate No.34
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| Born |
31 December 1878 Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
| Died | 21 January 1969 (aged 90) Wimborne, Dorset, England, UK |
| Nationality |
 British & later Canadian 
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Archibald "Archie" Reith Low, MA (Cantab) FRAeS (born in Aberdeen on 31 Dec 1878, died 21 Jan 1969) was a British pilot and aeronautics pioneer. He is the designer of the Vickers F.B.5. and Vickers E.F.B.1.
He held the rank of Second Lieutenant in the City of London Imperial Volunteers
He held the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve attached to the Royal Naval Air Service
He held the rank of Major in the Royal Air Force.
He was one of eight children of his father, a Church of Scotland minister and Jane Stuart Reith, aunt to Lord Reith.
He was educated at Watson's and Edinburgh University, and at Clare College, Cambridge
In 1906 he was appointed assistant head designer, and later head designer at Johnson & Phillips Ltd, Charlton, London.
In 1910 he was employed by the newly formed Bristol Aeroplane Company as test pilot and instructor.
In 1911 he was appointed chief designer at Vickers in their newly formed Vickers Ltd (Aviation Department).
In 1919 he was Chief Librarian at the Air Ministry.
In 1932 he was appointed Senior Technical Officer at Orfordness Beacon, which was 'The Birthplace of Radar', where he was known as a 'boffin', a new term at the time for a person engaged in unspecified scientific or technical research, and where he became a lifelong friend of Henry Tizard, who started the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
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