Background
Thring, Meredith Wooldridge was born on December 17, 1915 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Arrived in England, 1919. Son of Walter Hugh and Dorothy (Wooldridge) Thring.
Thring, Meredith Wooldridge was born on December 17, 1915 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Arrived in England, 1919. Son of Walter Hugh and Dorothy (Wooldridge) Thring.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, 1937. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1941. Doctor of Science, Cambridge University, 1964.
Doctor (honorary), Open University, 1982.
Head combustion laboratory British Coal Utilisation Research Association, London, 1937-1946. Head department physics British Iron and Steel Research Association, 1946-1953. Professor, head fuel technical and chemical engineering department Sheffield University, 1953-1964.
Professor, head department mechanical engineering Queen Mary College, London University, 1964-1981, professor emeritus, from 1981. General superintendent International Flame Research Foundation, Ijmuiden, Holland. Convenor African Advisory Group, since 1998.
Fellow Royal Academy Engineering (founder fellow), Institute Energy (senior fellow, president 1962-1963), Institute Physics, Institution Electrical Engineers, Institute Chemical Engineers, Athenaeum (London).
Married Alice Margaret Hooley, December 14, 1940. Children: Susan Margaret Thring Kalaugher, John Meredith, Robert Hugh.