William Hawthorne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Hawthorne

aerospace engineer

Date of Birth: 22-May-1913

Place of Birth: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-Sep-2011

Profession: engineer, aerospace engineer

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Sir William Rede Hawthorne CBE, FRS, FREng, FIMECHE, FRAES, (22 May 1913 – 16 September 2011) was a British professor of engineering who worked on the development of the jet engine.
Bragg-Hawthorne equation is named after him.