W.T. David M.A., Sc.D (1886–1948) was Professor of

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at Liverpool University from 1922–48 and from 1920-22 at University College, Cardiff in

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. His pioneering doctoral research under Professor Bertram Hopkinson at

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into flame gas phenomena anticipated and was confirmed by later developments in quantum mechanics and David became an established authority on gaseous explosions in combustion engines. During WW1 he served as an Army Major (Research and Inspection) and in 1915 was appointed Director in the Ministry of Munitions and in 1918 Inspector of Technical Schools in the Ministry of Education. David was a member of the Institutions of Civil and of Mechanical Engineers, and was chairman of the Yorkshire Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the session 1928-29. He died in 1948.

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1886 births 1948 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Academics of the University of Liverpool 20th-century Welsh educators People from Laugharne Alumni of Cardiff University Academics of Cardiff University English engineers {{Wales-academic-bio-stub