William Cawthorne Unwin

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William Cawthorne Unwin , LL.D , FRS ( December 12, 1838 in Coggeshall , Sussex , England ; † March 17, 1933 in Kensington , London ) was a British hydraulic engineer who served as President of the Smeatonian Society of Civil between 1913 and 1914 Engineers as well as was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers from 1915 to 1916 .

Life

William Cawthorne Unwin, son of the Reverend William Jordan Unwin and his wife Eliza Davey, began studying at New College London after attending the City of London School, founded in 1442, and in 1856 worked for the Fairbairn Engineering Company founded by William Fairbairn . He then worked as an engineer at Williamson Brothers between 1861 and 1868 , where he was involved in the construction and development of water turbines for mills . After he was a lecturer at the Royal School of Naval Architecture in South Kensington between 1868 and 1872 , he took over a professorship for hydraulic engineering and mechanical engineering at the Royal Indian Engineering College (RIEC) in Egham and taught there until 1885. After that, he became a professor in 1885 for civil and mechanical engineering at the City and Guilds of London Institute . In 1886 he became a Fellow of both the Royal Society (FRS) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA).

Unwin, who in 1890 became an honorary member of the American Philosophical Society (APS) and the Franklin Institute , was secretary of a commission between 1890 and 1893 that dealt with the generation of energy from the hydropower of Niagara Falls . In addition, in 1892 he was President of the Engineering Department of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BSA) and, in addition to his teaching activities, dealt with the development and use of steam engines , internal combustion engines and with questions of tensile strength . In 1900 he became a professor of engineering at the University of London and taught there until his retirement in 1904. He also became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1900 . In 1905, The University of Edinburgh awarded an honorary doctorate in law.

As the successor to George Robert Jebb , William Unwin took over the post of President of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers in 1913 , which he held until he was replaced by Philip Watts in 1914. In 1915 he succeeded Hay Frederick Donaldson as President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and held this position until 1916, when Michael Longridge succeeded him in 1917. In 1920 he was the first to be awarded the Kelvin Gold Medal by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). After his death he was buried in Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington .

Publications

In addition to his teaching and research activities, William Cawthorne Unwin wrote various non-fiction books on engineering topics. His works include:

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1900–1949 on the homepage of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
personal data
SURNAME Unwin, William Cawthorne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British engineer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Coggeshall , Sussex , England
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1933
Place of death Kensington , London