Francis Mond Professor of Aeronautical Engineering
The
Francis Mond Professor of Aeronautical Engineering is a professorship in the
University of Cambridge. It was established in
1919 as a result of a benefaction from Emile Mond, in memory of his son Francis who had been educated at
Peterhouse and was killed in action on
15th May,
1918 whilst serving with the
RAF on the
Western Front.
Incumbents of the Francis Mond Professorship of Aeronautical Engineering
- Bennett Melvill Jones, 1919-1952
- William Austyn Mair, 1952-1983
- Michael Gaster, 1986-
See also