George Owen Squier
George O. Squier (21 March 1865 –) was a Major General in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, involved with the development of military aviation.
Squier was born in Dryden, Michigan, appointed to the US Military Academy in 1883, graduated seventh, and assigned to Fort McHenry, Baltimore; there, he simultaneously earned a PhD in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins and became the first Army officer with a doctorate.[1]
Squier was the primary author of Signal Corps Specification Number 486, the document laying out the request for a military airplane, which eventually resulted in the Wright Military Flyer.
He has several non-aviation patents under his name, five out of six of them jointly with nuclear scientist Albert C. Crehore, mostly dealing with telegraph communications.
Squier was an active member of the Aircraft Production Board and a key player in promoting military aviation during the war.[2]
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Publications by or about George Owen Squier
- Squier, 1908, Advantages of aerial craft in military warfare (Simple title: Advantages of aerial craft in military warfare, Journal: Aeronautics)
- Squier, 1908, The present status of military aeronautics (5) (Simple title: The present status of military aeronautics, Journal: Journ. Amer. Soc. Mech. Eng.)
- Squier, 1908, The present status of military aëronautics. Appendices (Simple title: The present status of military aëronautics. Appendices, Journal: Journ. Amer. Soc. Mech. Eng.)
- Squier, 1909, Aerial locomotion in warfare. The military possibilities of the aeroplane and airship (Simple title: Aerial locomotion in warfare. The military possibilities of the aeroplane and airship, Journal: Scient. Amer. Suppl.)
- Squier, 1909, Army aeronautics (Simple title: Army aeronautics, Journal: Amer. Aer.)
- Squier, 1909, Present status of military aeronautics (3) (Simple title: Present status of military aeronautics, Journal: Flight)
- Squier, 1909, Present status of military aeronautics (4) (Simple title: Present status of military aeronautics, Journal: Flight)
- Squier, 1909, Present status of military aeronautics (1) (Simple title: Present status of military aeronautics (1), Journal: Fly)
- Squier, 1909, Present status of military aeronautics (2) (Simple title: Present status of military aeronautics (2), Journal: Fly)
- Squier, 1909, Recent progress in aeronautics (Simple title: Recent progress in aeronautics, Journal: Science)
- Squier, 1909, Ships in the air and water (Simple title: Ships in the air and water, Journal: Scient. Amer. Suppl.)
- Squier, 1916, Col. Squier arrives (Simple title: Col. Squier arrives, Journal: Aerial Age)
- Squier, 1916, Colonel Squier to go to North Ireland (Simple title: Colonel Squier to go to North Ireland, Journal: Aerial Age)
- Squier, 1916, Lieut. Col. George O. Squier, the man in charge of the aeronautical branch of our land defenses (Simple title: Lieut. Col. George O. Squier, the man in charge of the aeronautical branch of our land defenses, Journal: Flying)
- Squier, 1916, Lieutenant-Colonel George O. Squier (Simple title: Lieutenant-Colonel George O. Squier, Journal: Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering)
- Squier, 1916, Scientific research needed for solution of aeronautic problems. Aviation and Aeronautic (Simple title: Scientific research needed for solution of aeronautic problems. Aviation and Aeronautic, Journal: Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering)
References
Bibliography
- Clark, Paul W. & Laurence A. Lyons. George Owen Squier: U.S. Army Major General, Inventor, Aviation Pioneer, Founder of Muzak. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2014. ISBN 978-1-47-66-1557-8 (See also Clark's 1974 doctoral dissertation)
| Names | George Owen Squier |
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| Birth date | 1865-03-21 |
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| Countries | US |
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| Occupations | military officer |
| Tech areas | Airplane, wireless, Communications |
| Affiliations | U.S. Army Signal Corps |
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