Richard Matthews Ruck
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Major General Richard Matthews Ruck (1851–1935) was a British engineer in the military.
In 1905, then-Colonel Ruck was the Director of Fortification and Works, UK War Office.[1]
He was Chairman of Council of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain from 1912–1919. In 1920 he was named a Knight of the British Empire.[2]
In World War I, Ruck was Chief Engineer of the Central Force, responsible for defense of London and the coast. He was also Vice-President of the Air Ministry's Air Inventions Committee, and part of the Civil Aerial Transport Committee.[2]
Patents applied for by Richard Matthews Ruck
- See also his other patents, some related to vehicles, on espacenet.
Letters sent by Richard Matthews Ruck
References
- ↑ Gollin, 1984, p. 100.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Obituary, in the Aeronautical Journal Vol. 39 No. 300, December 1935.
