Philip Hubert Smith (10 April 1906UK, Mechanical Engineer Records, 1847-1930 – 1 November 1969)England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995 was a British automotive engineer, author and motoring journalist.
Born in Keighley, Bradford, Smith began his career began as an automotive engineer, his qualifications including being a chartered engineer and memberships of both the IMechE and the SAE. He was also the technical editor of Motor World. It is for his technical books that he is best remembered, particularly The High-Speed Two-Stroke Petrol Engine, The Scientific Design of Exhaust and Intake Systems and (edited by L. J. K. Setright) Valve Mechanisms for High-speed Engines.
In later years he lived at Ben Rhydding, in Yorkshire. He died in Wharfedale, Yorkshire in 1969.England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
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