From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter from the University of Cambridge Appointments Board recommending a candidate for a vacancy.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 169\2\ img088 | |
| Date | 26th January 1927 | |
| X1031 University of Cambridge APPOINTMENTS BOARD 1 Enclose UNIVERSITY OFFICES : ST ANDREW'S STREET CAMBRIDGE TELEGRAMS: APPOINTMENTS, CAMBRIDGE TELEPHONE: NO. 627 ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY SECRETARY H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} A.{Mr Adams} ROBERTS, M.A. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES R.{Sir Henry Royce} S. GOODCHILD, M.A. (Education) C. C. V.{VIENNA} R.{Sir Henry Royce} SELLS, B.A. CHIEF CLERK C. V.{VIENNA} CANNING, M.C. January 26th 1927 W.A.Robotham Esq. Messrs.Rolls Royce Ltd. DERBY YOUR REFERENCE Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}1/LG Dear Sir: With further reference to your letter of the 17th inst. regarding a vacancy in your Experimental Department I should like to bring Mr.R.P.HUBBERSTY to your notice. You will see from the short details of Mr.Hubbersty's career, which I enclose, that he did not take the Honours degree in Engineering, and I quite realise that if the research your department is doing is mathematical Mr.Hubbersty is not the man you require. I am suggesting him, however, as he is a man whose entire interest is centred in car design, and his keenness in this line together with a rather exceptional practical ability would, I think, make him a really useful person for the kind of research in which ideas are needed rather than mathematical skill. | ||