Bill Bradfield
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Dr. Bill Bradfield OBE FIEAust |
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| Born |
25 December 1910 Gordon, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 12 June 2006 (aged 95) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Education |
University of Sydney (B.Sc., B.E.Hons.) New College, Oxford (D.Phil.) |
| Parent(s) | John Bradfield |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline |
Aerospace engineering Civil engineering |
| Institutions | Institution of Engineers Australia (Fellow) |
| Employer(s) |
Department of Civil Aviation Government of Papua New Guinea |
| Awards |
Officer of the Order of the British Empire PNG Independence Medal Edward Warner Award |
Keith Noel Everal ("Bill") Bradfield OBE, FIEAust (25 December 1910 – 12 June 2006), also known as K. N. E. Bradfield, was an Australian civil and aviation engineer, public servant and diplomat, who served two terms as Australia's Permanent Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organisation. Bradfield is one of three Australian recipients of the ICAO Edward Warner Award, civil aviaition's highest honour (alongside Don Anderson and Brian O'Keeffe).
Keith Noel Everal Bradfield was born 25 December 1910 in Gordon, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the youngest child of civil engineer and creator of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Story Bridge, John Bradfield, and Edith Jenkins. Bradfield was educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School from 1922 to 1928, where he served as a Prefect. On leaving school he was admitted to the University of Sydney in 1929, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1932 and Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honours in 1934. During this time Bradfield resided in St Paul's College (1930–1933). After finishing his studies he went to Brisbane to assist his father's work on the Story Bridge.
In November 1934, at age 24 Bradfield was selected as the Rhodes Scholar for New South Wales, and began doctoral studies in Engineering Science at New College, Oxford. Under the supervision of Professor R.V. Southwell, he completed his doctoral thesis in 1938 on methods of stress analysis in mathematically indeterminate frameworks, such as occur in aircraft structures.
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