Donald Welbourn
FREng
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was an English
engineer
Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...
, and a pioneer of computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) research and development in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Welbourn was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (BA 1937), and became a University Lecturer in 1952.
CAD/CAM
Welbourn was a key pioneer of CADCAM research and development in the UK. After initial work at Cambridge,
Lord Caldecote
Viscount Caldecote, of Bristol in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1939 for the lawyer and politician Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, Sir Thomas Inskip so that he could sit in the ...
, chairman of the Delta Group plc, persuaded him to help the group. This help led to the formation Delcam in 1989.
Personal life
Welbourn was married to Esther,
Fellow of New Hall, Cambridge, predeceased him in 2001. He leaves a daughter, Ann, and a son, Hugh.
References
Additional sources
Donald Welbourn* https://web.archive.org/web/20111106061744/http://www.delcam.com/general/about/history.asp
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Fellows of Selwyn College, Cambridge
English civil engineers
Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
2009 deaths
1916 births