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David McMurtry, the Glossary

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Sir David Roberts McMurtry, (born 15 March 1940) is an Irish-British billionaire, the co-founder and executive chairman of Renishaw plc, the UK's largest supplier of metrology equipment.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 26 relations: Billionaire, Bristol Aeroplane Company, Clontarf, Dublin, Concorde, Dublin, Fellow, Fellow of the Royal Society, Filton, Heriot-Watt University, Institute of Physics, Katharine Burr Blodgett Medal and Prize, Knight, Metrology, Mount Temple Comprehensive School, Order of the British Empire, Renishaw plc, Rolls-Royce Holdings, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Designers for Industry, Sherlock (TV series), Swinhay House, Turbo-Union RB199, University of Bath, Unlisted Securities Market, Wotton-under-Edge, 2001 New Year Honours.

  2. Bristol Aeroplane Company
  3. Concorde
  4. Irish industrial designers
  5. Irish inventors
  6. Panavia Tornado
  7. People educated at Mount Temple Comprehensive School
  8. People from Wotton-under-Edge

Billionaire

A billionaire is a person with a net worth of at least one billion units of a given currency, usually of a major currency such as the United States dollar, euro, or pound sterling.

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Bristol Aeroplane Company

The Bristol Aeroplane Company, originally the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, was both one of the first and one of the most important British aviation companies, designing and manufacturing both airframes and aircraft engines.

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Clontarf, Dublin

Clontarf is an affluent coastal suburb on the Northside of Dublin in the city's Dublin 3 postal district.

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Concorde

Concorde is a retired Anglo-French supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC).

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Fellow

A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science, and medical science".

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Filton

Filton is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, north of Bristol.

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Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt University (Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Institute of Physics

The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based not-for-profit learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, research and application.

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Katharine Burr Blodgett Medal and Prize

The Katharine Burr Blodgett Medal and Prize is a gold medal awarded annually by the Institute of Physics to "recognise contributions to the organisation or application of physics in an industrial or commercial context." The medal is accompanied by a prize of £1000.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.

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Metrology

Metrology is the scientific study of measurement.

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Mount Temple Comprehensive School

Mount Temple Comprehensive School is a secondary school in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Renishaw plc

Renishaw plc is a British engineering company based in Wotton-under-Edge, England.

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Rolls-Royce Holdings

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational aerospace and defence company incorporated in February 2011.

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Royal Academy of Engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering.

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Royal Designers for Industry

Royal Designer for Industry is a distinction established by the British Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in 1936, to encourage a high standard of industrial design and enhance the status of designers. David McMurtry and Royal Designers for Industry are British industrial designers.

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Sherlock (TV series)

Sherlock is a British mystery crime drama television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories.

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Swinhay House

Swinhay House is a futuristic building built for David McMurtry, an industrialist, in North Nibley near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.

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Turbo-Union RB199

The Turbo-Union RB199 is a turbofan jet engine designed and built in the early 1970s by Turbo-Union, a joint venture between Rolls-Royce, MTU and Aeritalia.

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University of Bath

The University of Bath is a public research university in Bath, England.

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Unlisted Securities Market

The Unlisted Securities Market (USM), which ran from 1980 to 1996, was a stock exchange set up by the London Stock Exchange to cater for companies too small to qualify for a full listing.

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Wotton-under-Edge

Wotton-under-Edge is a market town and civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England.

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2001 New Year Honours

The 2001 New Year Honours List is one of the annual New Year Honours, a part of the British honours system, where New Year's Day, 1 January, is marked in several Commonwealth countries by appointing new members of orders of chivalry and recipients of other official honours.

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See also

Bristol Aeroplane Company

Concorde

Irish industrial designers

Irish inventors

Panavia Tornado

People educated at Mount Temple Comprehensive School

People from Wotton-under-Edge

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McMurtry

Also known as McMurtry, David.