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Thomas Hudson Beare
Sir Thomas Hudson Beare FRSE RSSA (30 June 1859 – 10 June 1940) was a British engineer. He was successively Professor of Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, at University College, London (where he was a colleague of Karl Pearson), and Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.
Beare was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Thomas Hudson Beare (c. 1798 – November 1861) of Netley, Hampshire, who arrived in South Australia aboard Duke of York in July 1836 and his second wife Lucy Beare, née Bull (c. 1819 – 15 September 1887), who arrived aboard Canton in May 1838. He was educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide, where he was awarded the first South Australian Scholarship, before going to University College London to complete his studies.
In 1884, he joined the staff of University College, London, and worked for Professor Alexander Kennedy in various teaching and engineering roles. In 1885, he married Louise Newman.
In 1887, he was appointed to the new chair of mechanics and engineering at Heriot-Watt University, and in two years built up a successful department. He returned to London in 1889, to replace his mentor Professor Kennedy as the chair of engineering at University College and to oversee the building of the new Engineering Department in 1895.
In 1901, Hudson Beare was appointed as the third Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. He moved to a large townhouse at 10 Regent Terrace on Calton Hill. During his time in Edinburgh he increased the number of engineering students and ensured the department had new and well-equipped facilities. With the influx of new students from around the world to the re-invigorated department, in 1931 he organised its transfer from its site in central Edinburgh to the Sanderson Engineering Laboratories, part of the University's King's Buildings campus. A building in this campus is named in his honour. He worked at the University of Edinburgh until 1940, including 22 years as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.
In 1908 he was appointed convenor of the University's Military Education Committee, in which capacity he raised the profile and capabilities of the University's Officers' Training Corps. During the World War I he was a captain in the Forth Volunteer Division of the Royal Engineers. He served from 1921 to 1926 as the second Chairman of the Central Organisation of Military Education Committees of the Universities and University Colleges, what is now the Council of Military Education Committees of the Universities of the United Kingdom (COMEC).
He was Vice-President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for two periods: 1909 to 1915, and 1923 to 1926, and was president of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts from 1906 to 1908. In 1921 he was appointed by the Secretary of State for Scotland as an assessor on the Central Miners' Welfare Committee, which he served on until his death.
He was made Deputy Lieutenant of the County of the City of Edinburgh in 1920, and was knighted in 1926. He received an honorary LLD degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1936.
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Thomas Hudson Beare
Sir Thomas Hudson Beare FRSE RSSA (30 June 1859 – 10 June 1940) was a British engineer. He was successively Professor of Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, at University College, London (where he was a colleague of Karl Pearson), and Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.
Beare was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Thomas Hudson Beare (c. 1798 – November 1861) of Netley, Hampshire, who arrived in South Australia aboard Duke of York in July 1836 and his second wife Lucy Beare, née Bull (c. 1819 – 15 September 1887), who arrived aboard Canton in May 1838. He was educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide, where he was awarded the first South Australian Scholarship, before going to University College London to complete his studies.
In 1884, he joined the staff of University College, London, and worked for Professor Alexander Kennedy in various teaching and engineering roles. In 1885, he married Louise Newman.
In 1887, he was appointed to the new chair of mechanics and engineering at Heriot-Watt University, and in two years built up a successful department. He returned to London in 1889, to replace his mentor Professor Kennedy as the chair of engineering at University College and to oversee the building of the new Engineering Department in 1895.
In 1901, Hudson Beare was appointed as the third Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. He moved to a large townhouse at 10 Regent Terrace on Calton Hill. During his time in Edinburgh he increased the number of engineering students and ensured the department had new and well-equipped facilities. With the influx of new students from around the world to the re-invigorated department, in 1931 he organised its transfer from its site in central Edinburgh to the Sanderson Engineering Laboratories, part of the University's King's Buildings campus. A building in this campus is named in his honour. He worked at the University of Edinburgh until 1940, including 22 years as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.
In 1908 he was appointed convenor of the University's Military Education Committee, in which capacity he raised the profile and capabilities of the University's Officers' Training Corps. During the World War I he was a captain in the Forth Volunteer Division of the Royal Engineers. He served from 1921 to 1926 as the second Chairman of the Central Organisation of Military Education Committees of the Universities and University Colleges, what is now the Council of Military Education Committees of the Universities of the United Kingdom (COMEC).
He was Vice-President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for two periods: 1909 to 1915, and 1923 to 1926, and was president of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts from 1906 to 1908. In 1921 he was appointed by the Secretary of State for Scotland as an assessor on the Central Miners' Welfare Committee, which he served on until his death.
He was made Deputy Lieutenant of the County of the City of Edinburgh in 1920, and was knighted in 1926. He received an honorary LLD degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1936.