| Martin Lowson | |
| Birth Name: | Martin Vincent Lowson |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Totteridge, England |
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.
Martin Vincent Lowson[1] was born in Totteridge, Hertfordshire, on 5 January 1938.[2]
He attended The King's School in Worcester, after which he became an apprentice with Vickers-Armstrong.[3] 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.[1] In this year he produced a number of important papers on noise generation which are still regarded as fundamental in the field .[4]
Lowson married Ann Pennicutt in 1961.[5] They had two children, Sarah and Jonathan.[1] Lowson's interests included squash and bluegrass music.[5]
Lowson died of a stroke[6] on 14 June 2013, at the age of 75.[2]
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