Henry Lewis Guy, F. R. S., 1887-1956, Turbine designer and engineering administrator

Abstract

GUY’s forceful personality and abounding energy were a source of continual wonder and inspiration to his staff throughout his time as turbine designer. But he drove himself too hard; these great gifts were beginning to fail in the last phase of his career. In Guy’s boyhood locomotive work was the field most clearly offering scope for talent in mechanical engineering. Guy trained as a pupil under the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Taff Vale Railway. He received his technical education at the University College of South Wales from 1907 to 1910. He was a hard worker and academically brilliant. He obtained the college diplomas in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. He did not take a degree as he had not matriculated. In later life the honorary degree of D.Sc. was conferred on him by the University of Wales.