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Sir William Scott Farren (–), aeronautical engineer
born in Cambridge, the son of (Alfred) William Farren, print seller and taxidermist, and his wife, Harriet Emma, née Scott.
Educated at the Perse School
Scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied mathematics
Graduated with first-class honours in the mechanical sciences tripos.
Joined British Thomson-Houston at Rugby
Persuaded by Mervyn O'Gorman to move to Farnborough to join the rapidly developing Royal Aircraft Factory. On 1st May William S. Farren was appointed chief aerodynamicist at the Royal Aircraft Factory.
He learned to fly, and played a significant role in the design of the SE5a, a highly successful combat aircraft which went into large-scale production.
Faced with the need to combat the submarine menace, he was given responsibility for the immediate production of a flying boat, the CE1; under his supervision the machine was designed and built in only seven months.
married Carol Erica Warrington; they had one daughter.
Joined Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
Awarded MBE
returned to Cambridge as lecturer in aeronautics and engineering.
Joined the Air Ministry as deputy to David Randall Pye, the director of scientific resear
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The Papers of Sir William Scott Farren
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Papers relating to Farren's work as an aeronautical engineer, comprising reports, journals, notes, photographs and personal items. The bulk of the collection is made up of printed material, mainly Aeronautical Research Committee reports by Farren or his colleagues and Farren's articles in learned journals, including a considerable amount of material from the between war period. There is little correspondence in the collection and very little relating to Farren's personal life save for one early item, Farren's flying log-book for
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Biographical / Historical
Farren was born in Cambridge in April He was educated at the Perse School, Cambridge, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied mathematics.
He was in charge of aerodynamic experiment and design, Royal Aircraft Factory, , be
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