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    Mervyn Joseph Pius O'Gorman CB (19 December 1871 – 16 March 1958) was a British electrical and aircraft engineer. After working as an electrical engineer...
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  • O'Gorman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Áine O'Gorman (born 1989), Irish footballer Camila O'Gorman (1828–1848), wealthy socialite...
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  • winner. The first trophy presented by the Royal Automobile Club was the Mervyn O'Gorman trophy, awarded from 1950 until the early 1970s, when it was replaced...
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    brought under civilian control. Capper was replaced as Superintendent by Mervyn O'Gorman. In 1912 the Balloon Factory was renamed the Royal Aircraft Factory...
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    engineer Mervyn O'Gorman, the factory's superintendent. The B.E.2 designation was formulated in accordance with the system devised by O'Gorman, which classified...
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    He designed the Vickers F.B.5. and Vickers E.F.B.1. According to Mervyn O'Gorman, Low coined the term "drag" to refer to aerodynamic drag. Low was one...
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    removed from the command of the Army and a new civilian superintendent, Mervyn O'Gorman, appointed. Capper remained in command of the Army Balloon School....
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  • Fellow of the British Academy. A series of early colour photographs Mervyn O'Gorman took in 1913 of Bevan's oldest daughter Christina Elizabeth Frances...
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    strength of R.38." The technical Committee of Enquiry, chaired by Mervyn O'Gorman, concluded that no allowance had been made for aerodynamic stresses...
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  • Government offices Preceded by Mervyn O'Gorman Superintendent of the Royal Aircraft Factory 1916-1918 Succeeded by Sidney Smith Business positions Preceded by...
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