Douglas George Sopwith CBE FRSE MIME Wh.Sch (1906–1970) was a 20th-century Scottish engineer. From 1951 to 1967 he was Director of the National Engineering Laboratory (UK).
5-535: Sopwith may refer to: Douglas George Sopwith (1906–1970), Scottish engineer Karl Sopwith (1873–1945), English clergyman Sopwith Aviation Company , defunct British aircraft manufacturer Sopwith (video game) , 1984 video game Thomas Sopwith (disambiguation) , several people See also [ edit ] Sopworth , a village in Wiltshire, England, has sometimes been spelled "Sopwith" Topics referred to by
10-460: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Douglas George Sopwith He was born on 13 November 1906, the son of Joseph Sopwith, master mariner. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School . Sopwith gained a Whitworth Scholarship which supported him to study Engineering at the University of Manchester graduating BSc (Tech) in 1928, at
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20-599: The same time becoming a full Whitworth Scholar . He then worked at Manchester Dry Docks . In 1934 the Institute of Mechanical Engineers awarded Sopwith their Thomas Lowe Gray Prize and in 1948 he won their Bernard Hall Prize. His alma mater awarded him an honorary doctorate (DSc) in 1948. He then got a job as Superintendent of the Engineering Divisions at the National Physical Laboratory . In 1951 he
25-751: Was appointed Director of the National Engineering Laboratory where he remained for the rest of his career. In 1957 he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 1963 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh also served as President of the Whitworth Society . His proposers were Jack Allen , Sir Samuel Curran , William Fisher Cassie , and Ronald Arnold . He retired in 1967 and served as Chairman of
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