John Horlock Explained

Sir John Horlock
Birth Name:	John Harold Horlock
Nationality:	British
Birth Date:	1928 4, df=yes
Birth Place:	Edmonton, Middlesex
Parents:	Harold and Olive Horlock
Children:	Alison, Tim, Jane
Discipline:	Turbomachinery
Institutions:	University of Liverpool University of Salford Whittle Laboratory
Education:	University of Cambridge

Sir John Harold Horlock FRS^[1] FREng^[2] (19 April 1928 – 22 May 2015)^[3] ^[4] ^[5] was a British professor of mechanical engineering, and was vice-chancellor of both the Open University^[6] and the University of Salford, as well as vice-president of the Royal Society.^[7] In 1977, he was elected a fellow^[2] of the Royal Academy of Engineering^[2]

Education and early life

Horlock was raised in North London and attended The Latymer School, Edmonton. He went from there to St John's College, Cambridge where he gained his PhD in 1958.

Career

In spite of a job offer by Rolls-Royce, Horlock accepted the role of professor and head of the mechanical engineering department at University of Liverpool. He returned to Cambridge as professor of engineering in 1967, and in 1973 he founded the department's Whittle Laboratory, also becoming its director.^[8]

In 1981, Horlock began working for the Open University. Whilst there he tackled the government over spending cuts, introduced a taught postgraduate masters programme, and expanded the OU.Following his retirement he was treasurer and later vice-president of the Royal Society.

Research

Horlock's main area of research was turbomachinery, particularly gas turbines, compressors and jet engines.

Selected books and book chapters

Book: Horlock, John H . An Open Book . the Memoir Club . South Shields, UK . 2006 . 9781841041582 .
Book: Horlock, John H . Axial flow compressors fluid mechanics & thermodynamics . Butterworth & Co Publishers Ltd . Oxford, UK . 1958 .
Book: Horlock, John H . Axial flow turbines . Butterworth & Co Publishers Ltd . Oxford, UK . 1966 . 9780408122504 .
Book: Horlock, John H . Axial flow compressors, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics . R.E. Krieger Pub. Co . Huntington, N.Y . 1973 . 9780882750965 .
Book: Horlock, John H . Actuator disk theory: discontinuities in thermo fluid dynamics . McGraw-Hill . London New York . 1978 . 9780070303607 .
Book: Horlock, John H . Cogeneration—combined heat and power (CHP): thermodynamics and economics . Krieger Pub . Malabar, Fla . 1997 . 9780894649288 .
Book: Horlock, John H . Combined power plants: including combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants . Krieger Pub . Malabar, FL . 2002 . 9781575241975 .

Selected journal articles

Horlock . John H . Annulus wall boundary layers in axial compressor stages . Journal of Fluids Engineering . 85 . 1 . 55–62 . 10.1115/1.3656537 . March 1963 .
Horlock . John H . Henderson . Robert E . An approximate analysis of the unsteady lift on airfoils in cascade . Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power . 94 . 4 . 233–240 . 10.1115/1.3445678 . October 1972 .
Horlock . John H . Grainger . CF . Linearized solutions for the supersonic flow through turbomachinery blade rows (using actuator disk theory) . Journal of Fluids Engineering . 102 . 3 . 330–337 . 10.1115/1.3240690 . September 1980 .
Horlock . John H . Aero-engine derivative gas turbines for power generation: thermodynamic and economic perspectives . Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power . 119 . 1 . 119–123 . 10.1115/1.2815534 . January 1997 .
Book: Horlock . John H . Cumpsty . Nicholas A . Volume 6: Turbo Expo 2005, Parts A and B. 6 . 1–14 . American Society of Mechanical Engineers . 10.1115/GT2005-68081 . 2005 . 978-0-7918-4730-5 . Averaging Non-Uniform Flow for a Purpose .
Horlock . John H . Torbidoni . Leonardo . Calculations of cooled turbine efficiency . Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power . 130 . 1 . 011703 . 10.1115/1.2771250 . January 2008 .

Honours and awards

Horlock won numerous awards including:

Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1976^[1]
1980 received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University^[9]
Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1988
1996 He was given a knighthood in the 1996 New Year Honours, for services to science, engineering and education.^[10]
2001 James Alfred Ewing Medal from the Institution of Civil Engineers^[11]

The Horlock building on the Open University's Walton Hall campus was named in his honour in 1989, and the Association of Open University Graduates' Sir John Horlock Award for Science was established two years later in 1991.

External links

The AOUG Sir John Horlock Award for Science, Association of Open University Graduates (AOUG)
Whittle Laboratory, Cambridge University Engineering Department
School of Engineering, Liverpool University
Mechanical Engineering, School of Computing, Science and Engineering, University of Salford, Greater Manchester

Notes and References

Denton. J. D.. Gostelow. J. P.. Sir John Harold Horlock FREng. (19 April 1928 — 22 May 2015). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 62. 213–232. 2016. 10.1098/rsbm.2016.0009. 57929362.
Web site: List of Fellows. 20 October 2014. 8 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160608094405/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows. dead.
http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U20768 HORLOCK, Sir John (Harold)
Web site: Birthday's today. https://web.archive.org/web/20120419013835/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2012-4-19.html . dead . 19 April 2012. The Telegraph. 14 April 2014. 19 April 2012. Prof Sir John Horlock, Vice–Chancellor, Open University, 1981–90, 84.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sir-john-horlock-engineer-who-led-campaign-to-prevent-closure-of-the-open-university-10303111.html Sir John Horlock: Engineer who led campaign to prevent closure of the Open University
https://www.open.ac.uk/library/digital-archive/featured/97 John Horlock
Web site: History of the OU – John Horlock. Open University. 14 April 2014.
Web site: The AOUG Sir John Horlock Award for Science. Association of Open University Graduates (AOUG). 14 April 2014.
Web site: Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates. www1.hw.ac.uk. 2016-04-05. 18 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160418163907/http://www1.hw.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-graduates.htm. dead.
Web site: New Year Honours List 1996. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand). 14 April 2014. January 1996. Note: Text as published in the New Zealand Gazette (Special), Wellington: Friday, 19 January 1996 – Issue No. 4 (pp.121 – 124). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170412212237/http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/1067. 12 April 2017. dmy-all.
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