Alan Arnold Griffith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alan Arnold Griffith

British engineer

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1893

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 13-Oct-1963

Profession: engineer, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Alan Arnold Griffith (13 June 1893 – 13 October 1963) was the son of Victorian science fiction author George Griffith and an English engineer.
Among many other contributions he is best known for his work on stress and fracture in metals that is now known as metal fatigue, as well as being one of the first to develop a strong theoretical basis for the jet engine.
Griffith's advanced axial-flow turbojet engine designs, were integral in the creation of Britain's first operational axial-flow turbojet engine, the Metropolitan-Vickers F.2 which first ran successfully in 1941.
Griffith however had little direct involvement in actually producing the engine, after he moved in 1939 from leading the engine department at the Royal Aircraft Establishment to start work at Rolls Royce.