Thomas Hudson Beare

Thomas Hudson Beare

Sir Thomas Hudson Beare MICE MIME FRSE RSSA LLD (June 30, 1859 - June 10, 1940) was a South Australian who became 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 at Edinburgh University.

He wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) and for the 1911 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica (EB1911). These are designated in the DNB and EB1911 by the initials "T. H. B."

Life

He was born in Adelaide in South Australia, the son of T.H. Beare of Netley, South Australia. He was educated at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide and then Adelaide University before going to London to complete his studies.

In 1885 he married Louise Newman.

In 1887 he received the chair of Mechanics and Engineering at Heriot-Watt University. From 1889 to 1901 he was a Professor at University College, London, and in 1901 returned to Edinburgh to lecture at Edinburgh University, where he served until 1940.

He was elected President of the Royal Society of South Australia in 1901.

He was knighted in 1926.

He was Vice-President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for two periods: 1909 to 1915 and 1923 to 1926.[1]

Works

Contributions to the DNB

& 1901 Supplement

Contribution to EB1911

Works about Beare

References

  1. ↑
    William Bayliss 1878