Born Manchester, 1905; educated at the Alleyn's School, Dulwich, 1910-1919; engineering apprentice with Robey & Son, Lincoln, 1920-1925; Whitworth scholarship for undergraduate studies, City and Guilds College, Imperial College, London, 1925-1928; Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Regent Street Polytechnic, 1931-1936; Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, 1936; promoted to Reader, 1940; adviser to the governments of Egypt and Malta on solar energy; Principal of Woolwich Polytechnic, 1957-1967; on retirement continued his research at Loughborough University of Technology, as Professor; principal research interests were particle characterisation and solar energy; died, 1971.
Publications: Report on the utilization of solar energy ([Valletta], 1957)
From the guide to the HEYWOOD, Professor Harold (1905-1971), 1925-1973, (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine)
