Alec David Young was a British

Great Britain

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 aero-engineer. He was Professor and Head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Queen Mary College

Queen Mary, University of London

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, University of London

University of London

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, 1954-78, then Emeritus, and Vice-Principal, Queen Mary College, 1966-78.

Education

He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge (Wrangler, Mathematical Tripos, 1935; MA).

He was awarded an OBE

Order of the British Empire

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 in 1964 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society

Royal Society

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in 1973.