Stanley Hooker
| Stanley Hooker | |
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Sir Stanley Hooker
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| Born |
Stanley George Hooker 30 September 1907 Sheerness, Kent, England |
| Died | 24 May 1984 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Borden Grammar School, Imperial College, Brasenose College |
| Engineering career | |
| Institutions |
Rolls-Royce Limited Bristol Aeroplane Company |
| Projects | Rolls-Royce Derwent, Rolls-Royce Nene, Bristol Olympus, Bristol Orpheus, Rolls-Royce Pegasus |
| Significant advance | Aircraft engines |
| Awards | Wilhelm Exner Medal (1982). |
Sir Stanley George Hooker, FRS,DPhil, BSc, FRAeS, MIMechE,FAAAS, (30 September 1907 – 24 May 1984) was a Mathematician and jet engine engineer, first at Rolls-Royce where he worked on the earliest designs such as the Welland and Derwent, and later at Bristol Aero Engines where he helped bring the troubled Proteus turboprop, and Olympus turbojet to market, and then designed the famous Pegasus vectored thrust turbofan used in the Hawker Siddeley Harrier.
Stanley George Hooker was born at Sheerness and educated at Borden Grammar School. He won a scholarship for Imperial College London to study mathematics, and in particular, hydrodynamics. He became more interested in aerodynamics, won the Busk studentship in aeronautics in 1928 and moved to Brasenose College, Oxford where he received his DPhil in this area in 1935.
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