Stanley Hooker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stanley Hooker

aircraft engine engineer (1907-1984)

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1907

Place of Birth: Sheerness, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 24-May-1984

Profession: engineer, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Sir Stanley George Hooker, FRS, DPhil, BSc, FRAeS, MIMechE, FAAAS, (30 September 1907 – 24 May 1984) was a mathematician and jet engine engineer.
He was employed first at Rolls-Royce where he worked on the earliest designs such as the Welland and Derwent, and later at Bristol Aero Engines where he helped bring the troubled Proteus turboprop and the Olympus turbojet to market.
He then designed the famous Pegasus vectored thrust turbofan used in the Hawker Siddeley Harrier.