Walter Hume Kerr (25 June 1861–9 August 1936) was a Scottish engineer, antiquary and amateur archaeologist.

Life

He was born on in

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, Berwickshire, on 25 June 1861. He was the second son of Rev Daniel Kerr of the South United Presbyterian Church in the town. He was educated at the Wellfield Academy in the town. He went to the

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graduating with an MA in 1882. He later retrained in engineering, and gained a further BSc in 1893. He then began as an Assistant Lecturer in engineering at the University. In 1913 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were Sir Thomas Hudson Beare,

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, William Turner, and

William Archer Tait William Archer Porter Tait FRSE Royal Meteorological Society, FRMS MICE (1866–1929) was a 19th/20th century Scottish civil engineer and part of the Peter Guthrie Tait, Guthrie Tait dynasty. He was Vice President of the Institute of Civil Eng ...

. In the

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he was Sub-Director of the Army Education Unit for all France. He served as Education Officer for the Rhine Area 1918–19. He died on 9 August 1936 while visiting a friend at Glenfriars in

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.Berwickshire News and General Advertiser, 18 August 1936

References

1861 births 1936 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Edinburgh Scottish archaeologists Scottish antiquarians People from Duns, Scottish Borders Scottish engineers Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland {{Scotland-engineer-stub