Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    Z1183
  • Title
    Gift of Mr Donald Welbourn.
  • Date free text
    1945-2004
  • Production date
    From: 1945 To: 2004
  • Admin/biog history
    Donald Burkewood Welbourn FREng, FIMechE, FIEE Korresondierendes Mitglied de Vereins Deutscher Ingenieure Fellow of Selwyn college, Cambridge Born 11 Feb 1916 Rainhill, Lancs, son of B.Welbourn, Vice-President IEE, Chief Engineer and later Director, British Insulated Cables Ltd., and his wife Edith Annie nee Appleyard 1925-1929 The Leas School, Hoylake 1929-1934 Rugby School 1934-1937 Emmanuel College Cambridge MA 1937-1942 English Electric Co.Ltd, Stafford 39-42 Asst. to Works Superintendent 1942-1946 Lt(L) to Lt-Cdr (L) RNVR Minesweeping, Interrogating Officer, investigating German Naval engineering. 1946-1950 W.H.Allens Sons & Co. Ltd. as Development Engineer and from 1948, first Manager, Allen-Stoeckicht epicyclic gearing department. 1950-1952 Development Manager, Turners Asbestos Cement Co.Ltd, Trafford Park. 1952-1970 University Lecturer in Engineering, Cambridge University. 1955- Fellow, Selwyn College, Cambridge. Publications on governing, gear-cutting and shaving machinery, gear noise, self-adaptive handling, machine-tool dynamics, CADCAM, engineering education in Britain and Germany, .etc. 1971-1983 Director in Industrial Cooperation and Director of the Wolfson Cambridge Industrial Unit. Responsible for developing the CADCAM system currently marketed by Delcam plc At different periods external director of Becorit Ltd, Delta Metal Research Ltd, Timsons Ltd. Awarded the Akroyd-Stuart Prize of the IMechE for paper describing the solution of the problem of diesel engine governing. Awarded the Helmut-Volz Medal of the University of Erlangen 1941 Married Esther Hendry MD, ( died 25 April 2004) 1 daughter, 1 son
  • Archival history
    In 2004 Mr Welbourn was writing his memoirs for possibly publication. He contacted Bedfordshire & Luton Archives Service in relation to his time at W H Allen and donated the relevant section to the archives.
  • Level of description
    fonds
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