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Terence Robert Beaumont Sanders (June 2, 1901 – April 6, 1985) was a British rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, a lecturer in engineering at Cambridge, an army officer engaged in countering the V2 threat, civil servant and High Sheriff of Surrey. Sanders was born in Charleville, Cork, Ireland. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, Sanders, Charles Eley, Robert Morrison and James MacNabb, who had rowed together at Eton, made up the coxless four that in 1922 at Henley won the Stewards' Challenge Cup as Eton Vikings and the Visitors' Challenge Cup as Third Trinity Boat Club〔(Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839-1939 )〕 Sanders stroked the Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1923 which was won by Oxford. The coxless four won the Stewards' Challenge Cup at Henley again in 1923 crew won Steward's at Henley again in 1924 and went on to win the gold medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics.〔(Sports Reference Olympic Sports - Terence Sanders )〕 In 1925 Sanders became a Fellow of Corpus Christi, Cambridge and lectured in engineering. He was active in the Territorial Army at the university.〔(the London Gazette, 31 March, 1925 )〕 He also served as honorary treasurer of the University Boat Club from 1928 to 1939. With G.C. Drinkwater he produced ''The University Boat Race: Official. Centenary History 1829-1929'' in 1929. He was in the Leander Club eight that won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 1929. In 1936 Sanders was appointed University lecturer in engineering.〔(Nature 138, 89-89 (11 July 1936) )〕 He was a Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Sanders joined the Ministry of Supply in 1941 and in 1946 he was appointed Principal Director of Technical Development (Defense). Maintaining his army role, he was active in Operation Crossbow which was concerned with the threat of V2 rockets. In November 1944, the "Sanders mission" led by Colonel T. R. B. Sanders inspected the site at La Coupole.〔 〕- Later he was Assistant Controller of Supplies at the Ministry of Supply. He was awarded the CB in 1950.〔(Supplement to the London Gazette, 8 June, 1950 )〕 He left the Army the following year with the rank of colonel. He later became Chairman of the Buckland Sand and Silica Co. and in 1967 he was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Surrey. Sanders died at Dorking, Surrey at the age of 83. ==Publications== *The University Boat Race: Official. Centenary History 1829-1929 London, 1929 with G.C. Drinkwater *''The aims and principles of standardization'' 1972, International Organization for Standardization (()) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Terence Sanders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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