Francis Mond Professor of Aeronautical Engineering

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The Francis Mond Professor of Aeronautical Engineering is a professorship in the University of Cambridge. It was established in 1919 as a result of a benefaction from Emile Mond, in memory of his son Francis who had been educated at Peterhouse and was killed in action on 15 May 1918 whilst serving with the RAF on the Western Front. [1] [2]

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  1. "Casualty Details: Mond, Francis Leopold". Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Professors". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. Aeronautical Engineering, Francis Mond Professorship of. Retrieved 15 September 2013.