Talk:Barnes Wallis/Archive 1

Archive 1

Name

This question was originally at the bottom of the article:

The names Barnes Neville Wallis and Neville Barnes Wallis are used variously across sources. Anyone know the correct version?

Yes, the correct name is Barnes Neville Wallis - Julian Temple, Curator of Aviation, Brooklands Museum

Wife

This should be mentioned, but I'm short of time: [1] Andy Mabbett 23:28, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

As his wife has now been included under "personal life", it says she was his "cousin-in-law". That would make her his wife's cousin or him, her husband's cousin! Clearly that's wrong but as I don't know what their relationship was, I can't correct it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.67.228.132 (talk) 00:17, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Knighthood

Wallis' postnominals only include a Commander of the British Empire (CBE), but he is referred to as "Sir Barnes". Later in the article, it credits him with a knighthood in 1968, presumably a KBE. The British Honours website doesn't seem to have complete lists of all recipients, and a quick google was inconclusive, so I'm not sure how to correct the article.

Barnes Wallis was awarded a Knight Bachelor in 1968 and I have shown Kt against his name although technically it may not be correct to include it. But the Royal Airforce Museum show it this way, so I have followed suit. Tony Knight - Barnes Wallis - researcher

Refs please

This could be a B if ... Victuallers (talk) 12:25, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Surname

A question to native English speakers: what is the correct spelling of Sir Barnes surname?

ND 21:02, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Parkes Dish

Does anyone have any references to his work on the radio telescope at Parkes Observatory?

Nick 3216 (talk) 12:06, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Speling

It's GEODESIC, not GEODETIC. I can't seem to edit it for some reason. Can someone fix? Bobkeyes (talk) 02:27, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Done. Can't see a reason why you couldn't edit it. The geodesic airframe article does mention 'geodetic' as an alternate but someone may have just put that in there as it is does not seem to be mentioned in the rest of the article. This one has geodesic throughout now for consistency. Cheers Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 07:38, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

0) Between geodesic and geodetic, his design principle seems closer to that of a geodesic dome than the Earth's shape (e.g., geodetic system), esp. with regard to the structural strength aspect -- would you agree? assuming so, 1) I'd like to replace the numerous occurrences of geodetic for geodesic in this article; and 2) could you please vote at Talk:Geodetic airframe#Requested move 13 July 2014 so that it can be renamed appropriately. Thanks. Fgnievinski (talk) 18:06, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Audio Recordings

I have been transcribing some voice recordings from cassette to MP3 format. These include some of Barnes Wallis describing various projects. These are in the Brooklands Museum Archives. Is there a suitable forum to distribute this material on Wiki or other? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwarner30uk (talk • contribs) 10:37, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Schools

Can Kangoule please stop removing the entry re Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Boys' Grammar School Barnes Wallis has a Blue Plaque in New Cross testifying to his having lived there. I am a local Old Askean and I can tell you categorically that he was educated there, though perhaps for less than a full year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.16.106 (talk) 15:06, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

What you think isn't a reliable source. That he lived at an address in New Cross between the ages of (approximately) 5 and 12 is not proof that he attended any particular school. If you persist without providing a reliable source, you will be reported for vandalism. Nick Cooper (talk) 15:12, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

I would note that the National Archives "source" is not even remotely conclusive, merely being a record of correspondence held by Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre (i.e. not actually at the National Archives) between the headmaster of the school regarding the unveiling of the plague at the New Cross house in 1986. As noted above, Wallis lived in New Cross between the approximate ages of 5 and 12, after which the family moved. It is firmly established that he attended Christ's Hospital in Horsham, and clearly the bulk of his senior schooling was there, while his primary schooling seems to be undocumented. In this context, even if Wallis spent just one academic year or less at Hatcham, it seems a bit rich to claim him as "theirs." Nick Cooper (talk) 15:40, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

I would support removal of that information. Where one went to elementary school is not notable, unless something specific happened there as a unique influence on later years. If it had been notable, someone, somewhere, would have recorded it. If the source is questionable (and I was unable to view the original) then it becomes both not notable and unsourced, and needs to go. Scr★pIron^IV 17:26, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

According to Morpurgo (page 8), Wallis did his junior schooling at Aske's Haberdasher's and his senior schooling at Christ's Hospital. I imagine that's a big deal for the school, but do we normally report primary schooling? Kanguole 23:07, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Geodesic/geodesic design in aircraft - Schütte-Lanz airships

The Schütte-Lanz airships SL1 and some others built in Germany by that firm had geodesic construction well before R101. See Article List of Schütte-Lanz airships. I think this fact is worthy of a simple inline note. I used to know Chris Wallis quite well and he was a brilliant carpenter/timber engineer. I don't believe his father would have wanted to suppress a precedent to his ideas. Okan 13:07, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Two omissions

Barnes Wallis was the 'Treasurer' of Christ's Hospital from about 1961. This did not involve day-to-day financial administration, but the Treasurer chairs the Council that runs the school. He was known to be a 'hands-on' Treasurer. He also had an honorary doctorate of science from Cambridge University, awarded in 1965. Thereafter he always wore the Cambridge robes on ceremonial occasions, discarding the robes of the honorary doctorate he had held previously (from Bristol). He entered Christ's Hospital in 1898, at which time the school was still in London, though it moved to Horsham in 1902 while he was a pupil. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:4DD5:170:0:E4A1:40E4:E74F:A721 (talk) 16:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)