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Laurence Joseph Clancy (15 March 1929 - 16 October 2014) was an Education Officer in aerodynamics at Royal Air Force College Cranwell whose textbook Aerodynamics became standard. He was born in Egypt to Alfred Joseph Clancy and Agnes Hunter. In 1951 he gained a BsC (Hons) degree from the University of Liverpool. After 16 years with the Royal Air Force, Clancy had a long career at the University of Bradford where he served as Dean of Engineering. He was a colleague of John Brian Helliwell. He was married to Jane Bingham.