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Sep 30, 1907 Sheerness, England, United Kingdom Died on 24 May 1984 (aged 76)
aircraft engine engineer (1907-1984)
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About Stanley Hooker
- 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.
