John Scott-Scott

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John Lanfear Scott-Scott (22 June 1934{{Cite web|url=http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Science/021M-C1379X0032XX-0001V0|title = Scott-Scott, John (Part 1 of 18). An Oral History of British Science. - Oral history of British science - Oral history | British Library - Sounds}} – 12 December 2015{{cite web |url=http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/about_history_john_scott-scott.html |title=Reaction Engines Ltd - About Us: History: John Scott-Scott |accessdate=2016-01-01 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120104427/http://reactionengines.co.uk/about_history_john_scott-scott.html |archivedate=20 January 2016 |df=dmy-all }}) was a British mechanical and aerospace engineer.

After graduating from the University of Birmingham, he joined Armstrong Siddeley Motors in 1955, becoming a hydrodynamicist at their Rocket Department.{{cite news|url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v21/n21/francis-spufford/operation-backfire|title=Operation Backfire|last=Spufford|first=Francis|date=28 October 1999|work=London Review of Books|pages=21–27|accessdate=3 July 2013}} He worked there on Black Arrow, making important contributions to the fuel pump system.{{YouTube|ZfPpauFbnIA|John Scott-Scott, interviewed for An Oral History of British Science}}, British Library

Later he helped to form, and worked at,[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mqv45 BBC4: The Three Rocketeers] Reaction Engines Limited until he retired in 2011.{{Cite web |url=http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/news_nov2011.html |title=Reaction Engines Ltd - News | November 2011 |access-date=3 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623083802/http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/news_nov2011.html |archive-date=23 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Scott-Scott married Pauline W. A. Cullen in 1955; they had two daughters and a son.

He was the Chairman of the Coventry Branch, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust from November 2000 until May 2014.Minutes of the Coventry Branch Committee, Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust held in the RRHT Coventry Branch Library