John Fozard
| John William Fozard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 January 1928 Leeds |
| Died |
17 July 1996 (aged 68) Alexandria, Virginia |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Hull Municipal Technical College, Cranfield University |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ward, Gloria Roberts |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Parent(s) | John Fozard and Eleanor Paulkitt |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Aeronautics |
| Institutions | RAeS |
| Employer(s) | Hawker Siddeley |
| Significant design | Hawker Siddeley Harrier |
| Significant advance | British Aerospace Sea Harrier |
| Awards | British Silver Medal for Aeronautics (1977) James Clayton Prize, IMechE (1983) Mullard Award (1983, with Ralph Hooper) |
Prof John William Fozard OBE FRSFREng FRAeS FAIAA DSc(Hon) DCAe(Cranfield) BSc(Eng)(Lond) (16 January 1928 – 17 July 1996) was a British aeronautical engineer who helped to design the Hawker Siddeley Harrier.
Fozard was the son of John Fozard and Eleanor Paulkitt. He was brought up on the Firthcliffe Estate at Littletown, Liversedge, Kirklees, west of Heckmondwike, having earlier lived on Holme Street in Millbridge.
He was educated at Heckmondwike Grammar School in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He gained a BSc(Eng) from Hull Municipal Technical College in 1948 (an external degree awarded by the University of London). From the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield he gained a DCAe (Diploma in Aeronautics) in 1950, under Prof Sir Robert Lickley (who designed the Fairey Delta 2).
Fozard would later tell American visitors at the Hawker plant on Lower Ham Road next to the River Thames at Kingston upon Thames that Yorkshire was the Texas of the UK.
Fozard joined Blackburn Aircraft in Brough in 1943 as an engineering apprentice.
He worked for Hawker Siddeley from 1950, working under Sydney Camm. In the late 1950s he was working on the supersonic successor to the company's Hawker Hunter, the P.1121, and the twin-seat P.1129. Although advanced designs for their time, these projects were cancelled by the infamous 1957 Defence White Paper, and Hawker concentrated all work on the (previously unimportant) P.1127.
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