The Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering is a
professorship at
University College London. It is named after
Sir Edwin Chadwick
Sir Edwin Chadwick KCB (24 January 18006 July 1890) was an English social reformer who is noted for his leadership in reforming the Poor Laws in England and instituting major reforms in urban sanitation and public health. A disciple of Uti ...
, a Victorian social reformer who worked to improve sanitation conditions.
The professorship was established in 1898 as the Chadwick Professorship of Municipal Engineering, with Edwin Chadwick's son Osbert Chadwick serving as the first professor.
Chadwick Professors of Municipal Engineering
* Osbert Chadwick (1898-1911)
*
Ernest R. Matthews
* M T M Ormsby (-1935)
Chadwick Professors of Civil Engineering
* H J Collins (1936-61)
*
Henry Chilver (1961-69)
* Kenneth Kemp (1969-84)
* Kenneth Ives (1984-1992)
* James Croll (1992-2004)
* Nick Tyler (2004- Present)
References
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Engineering education in the United Kingdom
Professorships at University College London
Professorships in engineering
1898 establishments in the United Kingdom