Michael Rex Horne OBE

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, FRS (29 December 1921 – 6 January 2000) was an English structural engineer, scientist and academic who pioneered the theory of the Plastic Design of Structures.

Early life and education

Horne was born in Leicester, England on 29 December 1921. He was educated at

Boston Grammar School The Boston Grammar School is a Grammar school, selective grammar school and sixth form college for boys aged 11 to 18 and girls attending the sixth form aged 16–18 located in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. A recent 2021 Ofsted report assesse ...

Leeds Grammar School Leeds Grammar School was an independent school founded 1552 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Originally a male-only school, in August 2005 it merged with Leeds Girls' High School to form The Grammar School at Leeds. The two schools physically ...

and

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...

, where he graduated in Mechanical Sciences with first class honours in 1941

Career

After graduation Horne worked as an assistant engineer for the

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Catchment Board before moving back to Cambridge to work with

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, :de:Jacques Heyman and

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. In 1960 Horne moved to the chair of

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at the

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. Horne served on the Merrison Committee of Enquiry into the Collapse of Box Girder Bridges Horne was President of the

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in 1980-81

Awards and honours

*Honorary DSc University of Salford 1981 *The

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Telford Premiums in 1956, 1966 and 1978 and their Baker Medal in 1977. *The

Henry Adams award in 1970-71 and their Oscar Faber Bronze medal in 1972-3. *The

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in 1986 and their Kerensky Medal 1988

Books

*Baker J F, Horne M R, Heyman J (1956) ''The Steel Skeleton I, II,'' Cambridge University Press, UK *Horne M R (2014) ''Plastic Theory of Structures: In SI/Metric Units'' (2nd Edition), Elsevier Science,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horne, Michael Presidents of the Institution of Structural Engineers Structural engineers Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Officers of the Order of the British Empire IStructE Gold Medal winners Engineering educators People educated at Boston Grammar School 1921 births 2000 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge