Born 1925 in London. BSc, University of Manchester, Honours School of Mathematics, 1944. At this time became Scientific Officer for the Scientific Advisor's Department of the Air Ministry, a post held for six years. 1951-1954: lecturer in Aerodynamics, College of Aeronautics at Cranfield. Promoted in 1954 to senior lecturer in Theoretical Aerodynamics and Mathematics. 1957: joined department of Aeronautical Engineering at The Queen's University of Belfast as senior lecturer. 1960: PhD degree awarded for thesis concerning the "Stability and Control of Submarines." 1961: appointed the Mechan Professor of Aeronautics and Fluid Mechanics at Glasgow University. Associate Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Institute of Aerospace Sciences; Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society. Publications include: Jets and Rockets (1959); numerous technical papers on aeronautics, space flight, and submarine motion.