Richard Ogorkiewicz
Richard Marian Ogorkiewicz (born May 2, 1926 in Bydgoszcz , † November 24, 2019 in London ) was a Polish-British engineer specializing in armored vehicles.
Life
Richard Ogorkiewicz, born as Ryszard Marian Ogórkiewicz , was a son of the Polish Colonel Marian Ogórkiewicz (1898–1962). With the invasion of the Wehrmacht , the family fled first to Romania and in February 1940 to France. In May of the same year she went to Scotland, where Richard Ogorkiewicz attended school. Richard Ogorkiewicz went to Imperial College London to study mechanical engineering . After completing his studies, he initially stayed for research and teaching at Imperial College. He then worked on gas turbines for Humber and Ford . From 1957 to 1985 he was back at the Imperial, where he concentrated on armored vehicles. Because of his focus, he was an independent member of various bodies of the British Defense Scientific Advisory Council from 1972 to 2006 . In 1979 he became a lecturer, from 1988 visiting professor at the Royal Military College of Science in Shrivenham . In 1993 he became the curator of the tank museum in Bovington .
Works
Richard Ogorkiewicz has published numerous articles in magazines, most notably in Jane's International Defense Review .
- Design and Development of Fighting Vehicles , 1968, ISBN 978-0356014616
- Thermoplastics: Effects of Processing , 1969, ISBN 978-0592054544
- Armored Forces: A history of Armored Forces and Their Vehicles , Arms and Armor Press 1970, ISBN 978-0668023344
- Engineering Properties of Plastics (Engineering Design Guides) , Oxford University Press 1977, ISBN 978-0198591528
- Technology of Tanks , Jane's Information Group 1991, ISBN 978-0710605955
- Tanks: 100 years of evolution , Osprey Publishing 2015, ISBN 978-1472806703
Web links
- Ogorkiewicz, Richard M. in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Obituary of the German Tank Museum with a short review of its works
Footnotes
- ↑ docplayer.pl/3013168-Iii-wybor-czlonkow-polskiego-towarzystwa-naukowego-na-obczyznie.html Wybór członków Polskiego Towarzystwa Naukowego na Obczyźnie - Polskie Towarzystwo Naukowe na Ojczyznie, accessed on May 1, 2020, 62
- ↑ a b Tank Museum Bovington, Richard Ogorkiewicz May 2, 1926 - November 24, 2019 , December 17, 2019
- ↑ the Stowarzyszenia Absolwentów I Liceum ogólnokształcącego website in. Bolesława Chrobrego w Gnieżnie, płk dypl. Marian Ogórkiewicz 1898 , accessed May 1, 2020
- ↑ Osprey Publishing, Richard Ogórkiewicz , accessed on May 1, 2020
- ^ Panzermuseum Munster, In memory of Prof. Richard Ogorkiewicz [SSP029 , December 9, 2019]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ogorkiewicz, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ogórkiewicz, Ryszard Marian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish-British engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bydgoszcz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 2019 |
| Place of death | London |