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Sir David Roberts McMurtry CBE (born 1940) is the founder of Renishaw plc, the United Kingdom's largest supplier of metrology equipment.
Career
Brought up in Dublin and educated at Mountjoy School in Dublin, David McMurtry joined Bristol Aero Engines as an apprentice in 1958.[1] In 1966, following an acquisition, he found himself employed by Rolls-Royce plc where he became Deputy Chief Designer and Assistant Chief of Engine Design at Filton.[1] In 1973 while working on Concorde's engines he designed his first trigger probe.[1] In 1979 he joined his former colleague John Deer to establish Renishaw plc.[1] In 1987 he acquired the patents for his trigger probes from Rolls-Royce plc and began to exploit the patents himself.[1]
In 1989 he became a Royal Designer for Industry.[2]
He was awarded the CBE in 1994[3] and was knighted in the New Years Honours List 2001.[4]
In 2008 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering by the University of Bath.[5]
He lives in a futuristic home at Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire.[6]
Family
He is married to Teresa and has two sons and a daughter.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e Renishaw: Biography
- ^ New Year Honour for David McMurtry Engineering Talk, 9 March 2001
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 53863. p. 16701. 29 November 1994. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 56070. p. 2. 30 December 2000. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ University of Bath: McMurtry Oration
- ^ The futuristic dream home of one of Britain's leading industrialists Daily Mail, 8 September 2008
- ^ Inventor's Probing Mind Defies UK Industry Meltdown Investing News, 16 June 2005
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