Thomas Hudson Beare
| Sir Thomas Hudson Beare FRSE | |
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| Born |
30 June 1859 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Died |
10 June 1940 (aged 80) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Engineering |
| Institutions |
University of Edinburgh Heriot-Watt University University College, London |
Sir Thomas Hudson Beare FRSE RSSA (30 June 1859 – 10 June 1940) was an eminent British engineer. He was successively Professor of Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, at University College, London (where he was a colleague of Karl Pearson), and finally Regius Professor of Engineering in Edinburgh University.
He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Thomas Hudson Beare (c. 1798 – November 1861) of Netley, Hampshire, who arrived in South Australia on the Duke of York in July 1836, and his second wife Lucy Beare, née Bull (c. 1819 – 15 September 1887), who arrived on the Canton in May 1838. He was educated at Prince Alfred College, then the University of Adelaide, where he was awarded the first South Australian Scholarship, before going to University College London to complete his studies.
In 1884, he joined the staff of University College, London, and worked for Professor Alexander Kennedy in various teaching and engineering roles. In 1885 he married Louise Newman.
In 1887 he was appointed to the new chair of mechanics and engineering at Heriot-Watt University, and in two years built up a successful department. He then returned to London in 1889, to replace his mentor Prof Kennedy as the chair of engineering at University College and to oversee the building of the new Engineering Department in 1895.
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