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Hugh L. Dryden, 1962
Hugh L. Dryden, 1962

Hugh L. Dryden

American physicist
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Hugh Latimer Dryden
Born:
July 2, 1898, Pocomoke City, Maryland, U.S.
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December 2, 1965, Washington, D.C. (aged 67)
Subjects Of Study:
aerodynamics
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Hugh L. Dryden (born July 2, 1898, Pocomoke City, Maryland, U.S.—died December 2, 1965, Washington, D.C.) was an American physicist and deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for seven years. Educated at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) in 1920, Dryden was named chief of the aerodynamics section of the National Bureau of Standards, Washington. He made pioneering studies in the aerodynamics of high speed and some of the earliest studies of airflow around wing surfaces at the speed of sound. In 1934 he became chief of the mechanics and sound division. During World War II he headed ...(100 of 221 words)

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