Answer the following question: What key details about alfred pippard can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: alfred john sutton pippard mbe frs -lrb- 6 april 1891 -- 2 november 1969 -rrb- was a british civil engineer and academic . pippard was the son of a carpenter and joiner and spent much of his early life helping his father on construction sites . initially supposed to follow his father into the family business , pippard instead decided to study for a bachelor 's degree in civil engineering at the university of bristol , supporting himself with an exhibition award . pippard worked for a bristol based consulting engineer and for the pontypridd and rhondda valley joint water board in his early career . he also completed his master 's degree during this period . at the start of the first world war pippard joined the admiralty air department where he studied aircraft stresses . after the war he joined an aeronautical engineering consultancy with many of his colleagues and was involved in accident investigation cases . he gained his doctorate of science from bristol in 1920 and took up the chair in civil engineering at university college , cardiff in 1922 . this began a long career in academia at cardiff , bristol and imperial college during which he was responsible for the analysis of the methods used in the design of the r100 and r101 airships . the public enquiry into the latter 's crash , which ended british participation in airship development , found no faults with pippard 's work but he withdrew from the field of aeronautical engineering -- feeling keenly the loss of several of his friends amongst the 48 dead . during the second world war pippard was a member of the civil defence research committee which met at princes risborough and continued his teaching at imperial college . pippard was a member of the council of the institution of civil engineers for fifteen years and was their president for the 1958-9 session . during his later career he chaired the fifteen-year investigation into pollution in the thames tideway the length of which he was criticised for by the press . he was elected a fellow of the royal...
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- death place is putney , london ,- institutions is institution society -lrb- fellow -rrb- , of civil engineers -lrb- president -rrb- , royal- discipline is civil , aeronautical- death date is 2 november 1969- significant projects is r100 and r101 airships- education is university of bristol- birth date is 6 april 1891- name is alfred pippard- image size is 150- nationality is english- image is alfredpippard.jpg- birth place is yeovil , somerset