Frederick Page
| Frederick William Page | |
|---|---|
| Born |
20 February 1917 Wimbledon, Surrey, England |
| Died |
29 May 2005 (aged 88) Mudeford, Dorset, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen de Courcy |
| Children | 1 daughter, 3 sons |
| Parent(s) | Richard Page, Ellen Potter |
|
Engineering career | |
| Engineering discipline | Aerospace |
| Institution memberships | Royal Aeronautical Society |
| Significant projects | English Electric Lightning |
| Significant design | BAC TSR-2 |
| Significant awards | British Gold Medal for Aeronautics (1962), Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (1974) |
Sir Frederick William Page CBE FRS FREng (20 February 1917 – 29 May 2005) was an English aircraft designer and manager. He had large involvements with two British aircraft projects - the Lightning and the TSR2. Arguably, the sum total of his contribution to the British aerospace community over a period of 45 years until his retirement in 1983 was greater than that of any other individual.[1]
Life
Page was assistant to W.E.W. Petter, Chief Engineer at English Electric. When Petter left EE in 1950, Page took over.
He was appointed CBE in 1961, and knighted in 1979. He became a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1977 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1978.[2]
British Aerospace
When British Aerospace was formed, when BAC merged with Hawker Siddeley and Scottish Aviation, he was Chairman and Chief Executive from 1977 until 1982, when he retired.
References
Citations
- ↑ Yates (2006), p. 233.
- ↑ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
Cited Sources
- Barfield, Norman. "Sir Frederick William Page (1917–2005), aircraft designer and industrialist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/95849. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Yates, I. R. (2006). "Sir Frederick William Page CBE FREng. 20 February 1917 -- 29 May 2005: Elected FRS 1978". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 52: 231–210. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2006.0017.