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Hugh Ford (engineer)

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in Cheshire. He studied operations at strip mills, earning the Thomas Hawksley Gold Medal in 1948.
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Beginning in 1948, he was Reader in Applied Mechanics at Imperial College. He was president of the
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This article about an engineer, inventor or industrial designer from England is a
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Williams, G. (2013). "Sir Hugh Ford. 16 July 1913 -- 28 May 2010".
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Presidents of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers
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Hugh Ford (disambiguation)

British
Imperial College London
Fellow of the Royal Society
James Watt International Medal
FREng
Imperial Chemical Industries
Imperial College London
Great Western Railway
FREng
FRS
Applied Mechanics
Imperial College London
Northampton Grammar School
Great Western Railway
Imperial College London
Whitworth scholarship
World War II
Imperial Chemical Industries
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Fellow of the Royal Society
knighted
A. A. Griffith Medal and Prize
University of Bath
James Watt International Medal
BBC Radio 4
Last Word

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