Person
Davies, Peter O A L (1922 - 2008)
- Born
- 4 October 1922
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 14 February 2008
- Occupation
- Acoustic engineer and Hydrodynamic Engineer
Summary
Peter Davies was born in Sydney on the 4th October 1922. He went on to become a founding member of the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) at the University of Southampton, England. He made significant contributions to the fields of hydrodynamics and acoustics. Like his first wife Margaret (Meg) Pite he also served as a radar officer during the Second World War.
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Chronology
- - 1947
- Education - Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, University of Sydney
- 1941 - 1945
- Career position - Radar Officer, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
- 1948 - 1951
- Award - Charles Kolling Travelling Scholarship, University of Sydney
- 1948 - 1951
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Hydrodynamics, Cambridge University, England
- 1950 - 1956
- Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics, University of Adelaide
- 1956 - 1963
- Career position - Senior Research Fellow in Aeronautics, University of Southampton, England
- 1963 - 1972
- Career position - Founding member and Reader of the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), University of Southampton, England
- 1972 - 1988
- Career position - Personal Chair of Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), University of Southampton, England
- 1989 - 2008
- Career position - Director of P & E Davies Enterprises Ltd
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Published resources
Resource Sections
- Leighton, T G, 'Professor P O A L Davies', in Acoustics Bulletin, Institute of Acoustics, March/ April 2008. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/51056/1/51056.pdf. Details
Elizabeth Daniels
Created: 19 November 2019, Last modified: 11 June 2025