John Elder Professor of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Glasgow
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The John Elder Professor of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at Glasgow University
, was founded in 1883 and endowed by Isabella Elder (1828-1905) in memory of her husband, John Elder, marine engineer, (1824-1869).
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
, was founded in 1883 and endowed by Isabella Elder (1828-1905) in memory of her husband, John Elder, marine engineer, (1824-1869).
John Elder Professors of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
- Francic Elgar LLD (1883)
- Philip Jenkins (1886)
- Sir John Harvard Biles DSc LLD (1891)
- Percy Archibald Hillhouse DSc (1921-1942)
- Andrew McCance Robb DSc LLD (1944)
- John Farquhar Christie Conn DSc (1957)
- Douglas Faulkner BSc PhD RCNC FEng (1973)
- Nigel D P Barltrop BSc CEng SICE MRINA