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Richard Hiscocks

Richard Hiscocks is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Richard Hiscocks rather than just read about it. In short: Richard Duncan Hiscocks MBE (4 June 1914 – 13 December 1996) was a Canadian aerodynamicist and aviation engineer, responsible for many well-known aircraft of Canadian origin. Early life He was born in Toronto, Ontario.

Key takeaways

Richard Hiscocks belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Richard Hiscocks to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Richard Hiscocks from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Richard Duncan Hiscocks MBE (4 June 1914 – 13 December 1996) was a Canadian aerodynamicist and aviation engineer, responsible for many well-known aircraft of Canadian origin.

Early life He was born in Toronto, Ontario. He went to school in Toronto and studied Engineering Physics at the University of Toronto, where he graduated in 1938. Over the summer at university he had worked at de Havilland Canada (DHC).

Career

National Research Council From 1940 he worked at the National Research Council (NRC), being sent to Germany to interview German aerospace scientists. He worked at the NRC later from 1968-76.

de Havilland Canada He helped to design the DHC-3 Otter. Later designs he would work on at DHC, from 1976-79, were the Dash 7 and Dash 8.

Publications Design of Light Aircraft, 1 December 1995, ISBN 0969980906

Personal life For his work at NRC, he was awarded the MBE in 1947. He died aged 82. He is buried in St Mary's Anglican Church. He married the naturalist Bettie Jacobs (1915-2007).

See also Leslie Frise of the Bristol Aeroplane Company Prof Richard Hiscocks (1907-98), English political scientist, Professor of International Relations from 1964 at the University of Sussex

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Richard Hiscocks

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Richard Hiscocks claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Richard Hiscocks before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Richard Hiscocks ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Richard Hiscocks

In research: Richard Hiscocks appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Richard Hiscocks in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Richard Hiscocks is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1914 births, 1996 deaths, 20th-century Canadian engineers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Richard Hiscocks outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Richard Hiscocks in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Richard Hiscocks means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Richard Hiscocks in simple terms?

Richard Duncan Hiscocks MBE (4 June 1914 – 13 December 1996) was a Canadian aerodynamicist and aviation engineer, responsible for many well-known aircraft of Canadian origin. Early life He was born in Toronto, Ontario.

Why does Richard Hiscocks matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Richard Hiscocks?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Richard Hiscocks.