Hermann Glauert

Hermann Glauert, FRS (4 October 1892 – 6 August 1934) was a British aerodynamicist and Principal Scientific Officer of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough until his death in 1934.

Early life and education Glauert was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire; his German-born father Louis Glauert was a cutlery manufacturer.

His school said of him "The tragic and incalculable accident which resulted in the death of Hermann Glauert concerned us also, though less intimately. H. Glauert was a distinguished Edwardian of the early days, leaving the School with a mathematical scholarship to Trinity, Cambridge, in 1910. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society, principal scientific officer at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, and no less than an international authority on aeronautical science (cf Prandtl-Glauert singularity). He was killed by a chance fragment of a tree that was being blown up on Aldershot Common."

Personal life Glauert married fellow RAE Farnborough aerodynamicist Muriel Barker (1892–1949). They had three children: a son, Michael (1924–2004), and twins Audrey (1925-2014) and Richard (1925-2016).

Glauert is buried in the Ship Lane Cemetery, Farnborough. Muriel Glauert died in 1949, and was buried alongside her husband.

Publications The Elements of Aerofoil and Airscrew Theory - Cambridge University Press - 1926