Henry Lewis Guy
{{Short description|British engineer (1887–1956)}}
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| birth_place = Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
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| death_place = Poole, Dorset, England
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| awards = Fellow of the Royal Society, Whitworth Exhibitioner (1908), IMechE Thomas Hawksley Medal (1927)
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}}Sir Henry Lewis Guy CBE, FRS,{{Cite journal | last1 = Stanier | first1 = W. A. | author-link = William Stanier| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1958.0009 | title = Henry Lewis Guy. 1887-1956 | journal = Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | volume = 4 | pages = 98–101| year = 1958 | doi-access = }} (15 June 1887 – 20 July 1956) was a leading British mechanical engineer, notable in particular for his work on steam turbine design.{{Cite ODNB | title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/33617 | year = 2004 }}
Early life
Guy was born at Penarth, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales in 1887. Following his education he joined the Taff Vale Railway as a student apprentice, and studied at the University College of South Wales where he gained a diploma in mechanical and electrical engineering. Guy was a Whitworth Exhibitioner in 1908
Career
In 1915, Guy joined the British Westinghouse Company, (later to become Metropolitan-Vickers) as a design engineer. In 1918 he was appointed chief mechanical engineer at that company, a post he was to hold until 1941. Whilst at Metrovicks, Guy was responsible for many innovations in the design of steam turbo-generators.
Guy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1936.
During World War II, Guy served on a number committees including the Scientific Advisory Council of the Ministry of Supply. He was awarded a CBE in 1943 followed by a knighthood in 1949.
From 1941 until his retirement in 1951, Guy was secretary of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. After retirement, Guy was President of the Whitworth Society in 1952.{{Cite book|title=The Whitworth Register, 2017|publisher=The Whitworth Society|pages=36,150}}
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