Graham Sutton (2) (1903–1977)
Author of Mastery of the Air: An Account of the Science of Mechanical Flight
For other authors named Graham Sutton, see the disambiguation page.
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- Legal name
- Sutton, Oliver Graham
- Other names
- Sutton, Sir Oliver Graham
- Birthdate
- 1903-02-04
- Date of death
- 1977-05-26
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Cwmcarn elementary school
Pontywaun grammar school (scholarship|1914)
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (scholarship|1920|pure mathematics|BSc|1923)
University of Oxford (Jesus College|Welsh Graduate Scholarship|BSc Oxon|1925) - Occupations
- meteorologist
mathematician
teacher
government advisor
academic administrator - Organizations
- Canton Secondary School, Cardiff (mathematics teacher|one year)
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (assistant mathematics lecturer|1926-1928|vice-president|1967-1976)
Meteorological Office (Shoeburyness|1928|Porton|1929-1941|Head of the Meteorology Section|1938|Director General|1953-1965)
Tank Armament Research (superintendent|1943-1945)
Radar Research and Development Establishment, Malvern (superintendent|1945-1947)
Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham (Bashforth Professor of Mathematical Physics|1947-1953) (show all 10)
Atmospheric Pollution Research Committee (chairman|1950-1955)
Beaver Committee (member)
Army Council (scientific adviser|1951)
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC|chairman|1966-1968) - Awards and honors
- Royal Society (fellow|1949)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1950)
Knight Bachelor (1955)
Society of Engineers (President's Gold Medal|1957)
Royal Meteorological Society (Symons Gold Medal|1959)
International Meteorological Organization Prize (1968) (show all 7)
Air Pollution Control Association (Frank A. Chambers Award|1968) - Short biography
- Besides the books already on LT, Graham Sutton also wrote:
Atmospheric turbulence (1949),
The science of flight (1950),
Micrometeorology (1953),
Mathematics in action (1953),
(with D. S. Meyler) Compendium of mathematics and physics (1957),
Understanding weather (1978). - Nationality
- Wales
- Places of residence
- Sketty, Glamorgan, Wales (1968-1977)
- Place of death
- Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
- Associated Place (for map)
- Glamorgan, Wales
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