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John Scott-Scott

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John Lanfear Scott-Scott (22 June 1934[1] – 12 December 2015[2]) was a British mechanical and aerospace engineer. After graduating from the University of Birmingham, he joined Armstrong Siddeley Motors in 1955, becoming a hydrodynamicist at their Rocket Department.[3] He worked there on Black Arrow, making important contributions to the fuel pump system.[4]

Later he helped to form, and worked at,[5] Reaction Engines Limited until he retired in 2011.[6]

Scott-Scott married Pauline W. A. Cullen in 1955; they had two daughters and a son.

He was the Chairman of the Coventry Branch, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust from November 2000 until May 2014.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Scott-Scott, John (Part 1 of 18). An Oral History of British Science. - Oral history of British science - Oral history | British Library - Sounds". http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Science/021M-C1379X0032XX-0001V0. 
  2. ↑ "Reaction Engines Ltd - About Us: History: John Scott-Scott". Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160120104427/http://reactionengines.co.uk/about_history_john_scott-scott.html. Retrieved 2016-01-01. 
  3. ↑ Spufford, Francis (28 October 1999). "Operation Backfire". London Review of Books: pp. 21–27. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v21/n21/francis-spufford/operation-backfire. Retrieved 3 July 2013. 
  4. ↑ John Scott-Scott, interviewed for An Oral History of British Science on YouTube, British Library
  5. ↑ BBC4: The Three Rocketeers
  6. ↑ "Reaction Engines Ltd - News | November 2011". http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/news_nov2011.html. 
  7. ↑ Minutes of the Coventry Branch Committee, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust held in the RRHT Coventry Branch Library



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