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DR. DAVID RANDALL PYE, formerly fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of New College, Oxford, has been appointed to succeed Sir Allen Mawer as provost of University College, London. Dr. Pye, who has been for many years connected with the scientific side of aeronautics, succeeded Mr. H. E. Wimperis as director of scientific research to the Air Ministry, which appointment was transferred by a war-time change to the Ministry of Aircraft Production. In this position he has had control of a large scientific and experimental staff, principally at the Ministry's London headquarters, the Royal Aircraft Establishment at South Farnborough, and the Aircraft Testing Station at Boscombe Down. He has also worked in collaboration with the Aeronautical Research Committee, and the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, and has been responsible for maintaining the high standard of scientific aeronautical research in Great Britain.
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Dr. D. R. Pye, C. B., F. R. S. Nature 150, 600 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150600a0
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