David Randall Pye
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Sir David Randall Pye CB
FRS (29 April 1886 - 20 February 1960) was a British mechanical engineer and academic administrator.
Pye was born in Hampstead
, London and educated at Tonbridge School
and Trinity College, Cambridge
.
He was appointed CB in 1937;
He was appointed provost
of University College, London in 1942, and made a Knight Bachelor in 1952.
In the 1955 film The Dam Busters
, Pye was played by Stanley van Beers.
He is the father of William Pye, a noted sculptor.
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
FRS (29 April 1886 - 20 February 1960) was a British mechanical engineer and academic administrator.
Pye was born in Hampstead
Hampstead
Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...
, London and educated at Tonbridge School
Tonbridge School
Tonbridge School is a British boys' independent school for both boarding and day pupils in Tonbridge, Kent, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judd . It is a member of the Eton Group, and has close links with the Worshipful Company of Skinners, one of the oldest London livery companies...
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
.
He was appointed CB in 1937;
He was appointed provost
Provost (education)
A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada and Australia, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland....
of University College, London in 1942, and made a Knight Bachelor in 1952.
In the 1955 film The Dam Busters
The Dam Busters (film)
The Dam Busters is a 1955 British Second World War war film starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd and directed by Michael Anderson. The film recreates the true story of Operation Chastise when in 1943 the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe dams in Germany with Wallis's...
, Pye was played by Stanley van Beers.
He is the father of William Pye, a noted sculptor.
External links
- http://heritage.imeche.org/historyimeche/pastpresidents/president/SirDavidPye.htm