THE teaching and study of aeronautics at Imperial College date back to the year 1909 when the first of a series of evening courses in aero-nautical science was given in the College and a number of scholarships for aeronautical research were founded. The establishment of a separate Department of Aeronautics had to wait, however, until after the first world war. In 1917, Sir Basil Zaharoff, a war-time industrialist, offered to the University of London funds for the establishment of a Chair of Aviation to be held at Imperial College. Two years later financial backing for a new department came from the Treasury after the publication of the report of a committee set up by the Government to study the future of advanced education and research in aeronautics. This committee supported the idea of a central school of advanced study in aeronautics and thought that it should be built up around the nucleus provided by the Zaharoff Professorship. A few months later, in the late autumn of 1919, the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College came into being.
Imperial College, University of London
The Fifth of a Series of Articles Describing the Facilities, Academic Curricula and Research Activities in the Aeronautical Engineering Departments of the British Universities
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 35 , 2 ; 45-46
1963-02-01
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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