Alec David Young
Scientist, Author
1913 – 2005
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Who was Alec David Young?
Alec David Young was a British aero-engineer. He was Professor and Head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Queen Mary College, University of London, 1954–78, then Emeritus, and Vice-Principal, Queen Mary College, 1966-78.
Young was educated at Caius College, Cambridge.
He was awarded an OBE in 1964, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1973. He was awarded the Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt for "outstanding contribution in the field of aerospace engineering" in 1976.
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- Born
- Aug 15, 1913
- Also known as
- A. D. Young
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- Died
- Jan 27, 2005
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on July 23, 2013
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