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Peter Henry Calder OBE FREng (25 February 1926[1] - 31 August 2013) was a British mechanical engineer; he was head of the development of the engine programme for Concorde. Early lifeHe was born in Switzerland.[2] He attended Imperial College London. CareerDe Havilland EnginesHe worked for the de Havilland Engine Company,[3] working at their Gas Dynamics Laboratory in Hertfordshire. Rolls-RoyceBristol-Siddeley had been formed on 1 February 1959, when Bristol Aero-Engines Ltd merged. On 1 April 1962, Bristol Siddeley took the assets of De Havilland Engine Company Ltd. Rolls-Royce in the 1950s or early 1960s had not, by contrast, similarly acquired smaller companies. In the late 1970s he was Project Director for the Rolls-Royce RB.2211-22B.[4] ConcordeBy 1965 he was assistant chief engineer of the Olympus 593 project,[5] later becoming chief engineer.[6] He was technical director of Rolls-Royce at Filton (Bristol Siddeley until 1968), when the engines (Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 twin-spool turbojet) for the BAC Concorde were being developed.[7] Brian Calvert was Concorde's flight manager, with whom he worked closely. Personal lifeHe was awarded the OBE in the 1976 New Year Honours.[8] He married Mary, who died on 29 December 2015. He lived in Portishead, North Somerset. He died 31 August 2013 after a long illness aged 87.[2] References1. ^[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/5SfEU4-0xydV-8uWuUwnIR3C6Mw/appointments Companies House] {{S-start}}{{s-bus}}{{S-bef|before= }}{{S-ttl|title= Technical Director of Rolls-Royce (Filton)|years= }}{{S-aft|after= }}{{s-npo|pro}}{{S-bef|before= John Stollery }}{{S-ttl|title= President of the Royal Aeronautical Society|years= 1988-1989 }}{{S-aft|after= Geoff Howell }}{{S-end}}{{De Havilland aeroengines}}{{Bristol aeroengines}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Calder, Peter}}2. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/north-somerset-life/obituaries/tributes-to-decorated-engineer-1-2373916|title=Tributes to decorated engineer|last=Fowler|first=Tracey|date=12 September 2013|website=North Somerset Times|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=20 February 2019}} 3. ^[https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1954/1954%20-%202904.PDF Flight International 22 October 1954] 4. ^[https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1980/1980%20-%200664.PDF Flight International, 1 March 1980] 5. ^[https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1965/1965%20-%202667.PDF Flight International 3 June 1965] 6. ^Times, 27 May 1971, page VI 7. ^[https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1976/1976%20-%202486.PDF Flight International 30 October 1976] 8. ^[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46777/supplement/10/data.pdf 1976 OBE] 10 : 1926 births|Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde|Alumni of Imperial College London|British mechanical engineers|De Havilland|Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|People from North Somerset (district)|Rolls-Royce people|Year of death missing |
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