Robert Lickley studied Civil Engineering at the University of Edinburgh where he graduated BSc, and then went on to Imperial College London as a postgraduate, where he studied Aeronautics on a Caird Scholarship.
10 Facts About Robert Lickley
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Robert Lickley joined the stress office of Hawker at Kingston upon Thames in 1933.
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Robert Lickley became Professor of Aircraft Design in 1946 at the new College of Aeronautics at Cranfield, which became Cranfield University.
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In November 1951 Robert Lickley became Technical Director and Chief Engineer of Fairey Aviation, initially working on the Fairey Gannet, including the AEW version.
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Robert Lickley put together a team of aerodynamicists and mathematicians at their headquarters at Hayes in Middlesex.
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Robert Lickley developed the Fireflash, the UK's first air-to-air missile, at its site at Heston.
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Robert Lickley received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Edinburgh in 1973 and from the University of Strathclyde in January 1987.
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Robert Lickley worked with the Science and Engineering Research Council.
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Robert Lickley's proposers were Donald McCallum, Sir John Atwell, Francis Penny and Thomas Diery Patten.
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Robert Lickley was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1973 and knighted in the 1984 Queen's birthday honours.