Bernard Lewis (1899-1993) was a major figure in the field of

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and a founding member of The Combustion Institute.

Biography

Lewis was born in

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and immigrated to

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when he was a child. He was awarded a degree in

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from

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in 1923 and a master's degree from

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in 1924. He received his PhD degree from

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in 1926. He served as a research fellow at the

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from 1926 to 1928 and then as a research guest at the

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from 1928 to 1929, during which time he met Guenther von Elbe whom with he collaborated a lot. He joined as a physical chemist at U.S. Bureau of Mines in 1929 and retired in 1953. During World War II, he served for the

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and served as director of propellants and explosives research in the United States Army Corps from 1951 to 1952. In 1953, he started the Combustion and Explosives Research, Inc. and served as a President until 1986. The Combustion Institute awards a gold medal and a fellowship biennially in honor of Bernard Lewis.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Bernard 1993 deaths Fluid dynamicists MIT School of Engineering alumni Alumni of the University of Cambridge Harvard University alumni 1899 births British emigrants to the United States