Is someone better at Google/Bing than I?

kgruber

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I took Sir Harry Garner for a flight in my Super Cub. He was Briton's Chief Scientist between the wars.

He was knighted by King George "V", I "think?"
I have a picture of him and Lady Garner, which I want to publish on Wiki.

I can't find when, why, and for why, he was knighted. You'd think this type of info would be readily available.

http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n50-15199

I give up, I've been searching on and off for months.

????Thanks
 
Well I decided to take your Google-fu challenge.

I found only this one reference noting H. M. Garner C.B as being appointed Chief Scientist to the Ministry of Supply.

CB is in fact a British Order of Chivalry: Order of Bath, Companion. It has been given to senior civil servants. George V revived it at one point.

I tried to find lists of members that included his name, but failed.

I don't think he slayed a dragon, or anything exciting like that. But his kids are eligible to be married in Westminster Abbey, so there's that. :)
 
Catmandu........Thanks. That puts one more peg in a hole. I'd also like to publish my picture of him and Lady Garner on Wiki. But don't have sufficient permissions.

If any one does.....can I send you the picture?

Actually, here is the picture:

 
RJM62 said:
Were you current for "knight flight?"
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Flight Magazine notes the award on their June 17, 1948 edition here: http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1948/1948 - 0902.PDF

ORDER OF THE BATH
C.B. (Civil)
Harry Mason Garner, F.R.Ae.S.,
Principal Director, Scientific Research
(Air), M.O.S.;

A similar notation in the London Gazette June 1948 here: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/38311/pages/3367/page.pdf

He was indexed several times in the AP (according to their card file):

May 29, 1952 he "Forecasts airplanes that zoom straight up on take-off; tells of atom-powered design."

August 8, 1952 : Britain's supply ministry described new "nerve gases" that can kill in seconds.

October 3 1952: British explode atom bomb in island test off NW Australia.
 
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Thanks pilots of America. I am working on my WIKI permissions. One has to register, and then do 10 edits and wait 4 days before posting a picture is allowed.

Funny, way back in 1966, I never knew that the old man from Britain was an aviation derived knight. I just thought he was a Chinese porcelain friend of my father's. He was so humble, but a wise old owl. It might have been the last time he controlled an airplane, most probably. Although, I think he was an aerodynamicist, not a pilot.

Still, I like that title "Chief Scientist!"
 
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He's written a couple of books on porcelain.
 
That is where I met him. In the early 60's my father did the 3D photography for one of his books. I was a teenager and carried around all the big suitcases of gear. I carried them down to the lower basement bowels of the British Museum. They have a lot os stuff down there that no one ever sees.

The BM has the world's finest collection of Imperial Chinese porcelain, which they pretty much stole from China.
 
kgruber said:
The BM has the world's finest collection of Imperial Chinese porcelain, which they pretty much stole from China.
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And a lot of the other good stuff was spirited away to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-Shek and is on display in the museum there.
 
kgruber said:
Catmandu........Thanks. That puts one more peg in a hole. I'd also like to publish my picture of him and Lady Garner on Wiki. But don't have sufficient permissions.

If any one does.....can I send you the picture?

Actually, here is the picture:

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I have a lot of edits on Wikipedia if you want some assistance with that. I edited quite a bit years ago but not much lately. Their copyright requirements on pictures are stiff. Did you take the picture?

Also, is that the resolution that you want to use?

edit: Here is the main page on image use and a bit of policy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy

"User-created images
Wikipedia encourages users to upload their own images. All user-created images must be licensed under a free license, such as the GFDL and/or an acceptable Creative Commons license, or released into the public domain, which removes all copyright and licensing restrictions. When licensing an image, it is best practice to multi-license under both GFDL and a Creative Commons license."
 
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My father, who died in 1965, took the picture. It is in my possession. I scanned and enhanced the photo. I can email you a slightly better resolution photo. It is scanned from one side of a 3D "Realist" format slide. If it went into public domain it would be fine with me. Photo credit should go to William B. Gruber
 
kgruber said:
My father, who died in 1965, took the picture. It is in my possession. I scanned and enhanced the photo. I can email you a slightly better resolution photo. It is scanned from one side of a 3D "Realist" format slide. If it went into public domain it would be fine with me. Photo credit should go to William B. Gruber
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You can just attach the picture you want uploaded to a post here. I will upload it to Wikimedia Commons for you and you can add it to the Wikipedia article yourself. If you do not want to edit the article yourself, I suggest you post a message to the original author of the article below and work with him. But I will upload the pic for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Victuallers
 
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