Martin Lowson

Martin Lowson
Born
Martin Vincent Lowson

5 January 1938
Totteridge, England
Died15 June 2013(2013-06-15) (aged 75)
OccupationEngineer

Professor Martin Lowson (5 January 1938 – 14 June 2013) was an aeronautical engineer. He held a number of senior academic appointments in UK and US universities, was a co-patentee of the BERP helicopter rotor system, and also made a significant contribution to the development of personal rapid transport systems.

Biography

Martin Vincent Lowson was born in Totteridge, Hertfordshire, on 5 January 1938.

He attended The King's School in Worcester, after which he became an apprentice with Vickers-Armstrong. Lowson gained a PhD in 1963, after which he spent a year in the Institute of Sound & Vibration Research, where he worked on aero-acoustics. In this year he produced a number of important papers on noise generation which are still regarded as fundamental in the field as of 2013.

Lowson married Ann Pennicutt in 1961. They had two children, Sarah and Jonathan. Lowson's interests included squash and bluegrass music.

Lowson died of a stroke on 14 June 2013, at the age of 75.

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References

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