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David Pye (assemblyman)
David Pye may refer to: * Sir David Pye (engineer) Sir David Randall Pye CB FRS (29 April 1886 – 20 February 1960) was a British mechanical engineer and academic administrator. He served as Provost of University College London from 1942 to 1951. Biography Pye was born in Hampstead, London, ... (1886–1960), British mechanical engineer and academic administrator * David Pye (furniture designer) (1914–1993), British professor of furniture design * David Pye (zoologist) (born 1932), British zoologist {{Hndis, Pye, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pye (engineer)
Sir David Randall Pye CB FRS (29 April 1886 – 20 February 1960) was a British mechanical engineer and academic administrator. He served as Provost of University College London from 1942 to 1951. Biography Pye was born in Hampstead, London, England. He was educated at Tonbridge School, an independent school in Kent. He studied the mechanical sciences tripos at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a third class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1908. In 1909, he joined the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford as a lecturer: he had been invited to Oxford by C. F. Jenkin, the newly appointed Professor of Engineering Science. He was elected a Fellow of New College, Oxford in 1911. On 13 February 1912, he was commissioned into the Oxford University Officers' Training Corps as a second lieutenant. From 1915 to 1916, he taught at Winchester College, an all-boys boarding school in Hampshire. From 1916 to 1919, he undertook service during the First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pye (furniture Designer)
David William Pye OBE (18 November 1914 – 1 January 1993), was Professor of Furniture Design at The Royal College of Art, 1964–1974. Among his pupils were David Colwell (Trannon), Richard la Trobe Bateman, Charles Dillon, Jane Dillon, Floris van den Broecke and Roger Dean. Pye was an accomplished wood-turner and carver, but also worked on the theory of design and handcraft. In 1991 he was awarded the Sir Misha Black award and was added to the College of Medallists. Works on the theory of design and handcraft In the 1960s Pye wrote two major and influential works:Both were published in John Lewis's influential Studio Vista / Reinhold series. See Appendix 3 of * ''The Nature of Design'' (later ''The Nature & Aesthetics of Design''), 1964 () * ''The Nature and Art of Workmanship'', 1968 () One of Pye's best known concepts is "the workmanship of risk", by which he means "workmanship using any kind of technique or apparatus, in which the quality of the result is not pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |