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Ernest R. Matthews
Prof Ernest Romney Matthews FRSE FGS MICE (1873-1930) was a British civil engineer and expert on coastal erosion. In authorship he is known as Ernest R. Matthews. Life He was born in Hastings in Sussex on the southern English coast on 16 January 1873. He was the son of William Henry Matthews, the local chief coastguard and had a lifelong interest in the coast. He attended St Michael's School in Hastings. He became Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering, Chadwick Professor of Municipal Engineering at University College London, University College, London and was also the Chief Drainage Officer for London. In 1901 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Geikie, John Horne, Ben Peach and Cargill Gilston Knott. In the First World War he had the unusual job of being in charge of trench sanitation, and oversaw the construction of latrines and drainage in France and Flanders. He was Mentioned in Dispatches. He died on 6 November 1930. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FRSE
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This society received a royal charter in 1783, allowing for its expansion. Elections Around 50 new fellows are elected each year in March. there are around 1,650 Fellows, including 71 Honorary Fellows and 76 Corresponding Fellows. Fellows are entitled to use the post-nominal letters FRSE, Honorary Fellows HonFRSE, and Corresponding Fellows CorrFRSE. Disciplines The Fellowship is split into four broad sectors, covering the full range of physical and life sciences, arts, humanities, social sciences, education, professions, industry, business and public life. A: Life Sciences * A1: Biomedical and Cognitive Sciences * A2: Clinical Sciences * A3: Organismal and Environmental Biology * A4: Cell and Molecular Biology B: Physical, Engineering and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |