Person    | Male  Born 23/8/1842  Died 21/2/1912

Osborne Reynolds

Categories: Education, Engineering

Countries: Ireland

Professor of engineering. FRS. Born Belfast. Aged 25 he was appointed professor of engineering (one of the first to be appointed to such a post in the UK) in Owens College, Manchester. He remained there until he retired in 1905. Studied in the field of fluid mechanics. Died at home in Somerset.

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Osborne Reynolds

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Skempton Building plaques

2018: Eamonn Doyle has written to correct our "east to west", saying that the...

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University of West London / Ealing College

University of West London / Ealing College

Wikipedia gives: 1860 the Lady Byron School was founded and later became Ealing College of Higher Education. In 1990 this merged with a number of others to form the Polytechnic of West London. In 1...

Group, Education

1 memorial
Kinsuke Endo

Kinsuke Endo

Became a student at UCL in 1863.

Person, Education, Japan

1 memorial
Westminster School

Westminster School

Public school. It's full name is The Royal College of St Peter in Westminster. Pupils were taught here from at least the 12th century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It was re-founded by ...

Place, Education

2 memorials
Chiswick National School

Chiswick National School

Much of the following information comes from the very helpful Gill Clegg's Chiswick History page. 1707 a charity school was founded at St Nicholas church near the river. It expanded until in 1813 ...

Group, Education

1 memorial
UCL School of Pharmacy

UCL School of Pharmacy

Founded in 1842 by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and initially based at 17, Bloomsbury Square.  The current building in Brunswick Square was designed by Herbert Rowse, was began in 19...

Group, Education

1 memorial