Background
TEMPLE, George was born on September 2, 1901 in London. Son of James Temple and Frances Compton.
TEMPLE, George was born on September 2, 1901 in London. Son of James Temple and Frances Compton.
Birkbeck College, and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Assistant at Birkbeck College 1922-1924. Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics City and Guilds College 1924-1928. Assistant Professor Royal College, of Science 1930-1932.
Professor, of Mathematics King"s College London 1932-1953.
Chief Scientific Adviser to Minister of Civil Aviation 1947-1949. Sedleian Professor, of Natural Philosophy, Oxford University 1953-1968, now Professor Emeritus.
Honorary Fellow, Queen"s College, Oxford 1966. Chairman Aeronautical Research Council 1961-1964.
Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship 73.
Became Benedictine monk 1982, ordained 1983. Honorary Doctor of Science (Dublin, Louvain, Reading Universities) 1966. Honorary Doctorate.Lit. (Western Ontario ) 1969.
Married Dorothy Carson in 1930.