Bertram Hopkinson

Bertram Hopkinson

Bertram Hopkinson, FRS, (January 11, 1874 – August 26, 1918) was a patent lawyer and Professor of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics at Cambridge University. In this position he researched flames, explosions and metallurgy and became a pioneer designer of the internal combustion engine.

Hopkinson was born in Birmingham, in 1874, the son of John Hopkinson an electrical engineer. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and became a lawyer after his graduation. Following the death of his father, brother and two of his sisters in a mountaineering accident in 1898, Hopkinson switched to a career in engineering instead.

In 1903 Hopkinson was elected to the Cambridge chair in mechanism and applied mechanics, and in 1910 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

During World War I he joined the Royal Engineers and opened a research establishment at Orford Ness where he and his team researched weapons, sights, and ammunition. He learnt to fly and died on 26 August 1918 when his Bristol Fighter crashed en route from Martlesham Heath to London.

External links

* [http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/125/1900-1925/hopkinson.html Biography at the University of Cambridge]

References

*Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Hopkinson, Betram (1874–1918) by Jacques Heyman


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Hopkinson — is a surname, and may refer to:* Austin Hopkinson, British politician * Carl Hopkinson, English cricketer * Bertram Hopkinson, British engineer * Charles Hopkinson, American artist * Francis Hopkinson, American writer and signer of the… …   Wikipedia

  • John Hopkinson — Infobox Scientist name = PAGENAME box width = image width =150px caption = PAGENAME birth date = July 27 1849 birth place = Manchester death date = August 27 1898 death place = Val d Herens, Switzerland residence = citizenship = nationality =… …   Wikipedia

  • Split-Hopkinson pressure bar — The split Hopkinson pressure bar is an apparatus for testing the dynamic stress strain response of materials.HistoryThe split Hopkinson pressure bar was first suggested by Bertram Hopkinson in 1914 as a way to measure stress pulse propagation in… …   Wikipedia

  • Harry Ricardo — Sir Harry Ricardo (26 January 1885 – 18 May 1974) was one of the foremost engine designers and researchers in the early years of the development of the internal combustion engine.He improved on the engines that were used in the first tanks,… …   Wikipedia

  • Charles Inglis (engineer) — Inglis Mark III bridge being erected during the Second World War Sir Charles Edward Inglis OBE (pronounced Ingels[1]) (31 July 1875 – 19 April 1952) was a British civil engineer.[2] …   Wikipedia

  • Henry Tizard — Infobox Scientist name = PAGENAME box width = image width =150px caption = PAGENAME birth date = 23 August 1885 birth place = Gillingham, Kent death date = 9 October 1959 death place = Fareham, Hampshire residence = English citizenship =… …   Wikipedia

  • Henry Tizard — Sir Henry Thomas Tizard[1] (23 août 1885 à Gillingham, Kent 9 octobre 1959 à Fareham, Hampshire) fut un chimiste et inventeur anglais, ainsi que le recteur de l Imperial College. Son ambition de rejoindre la marine est contrariée par une mauvaise …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Professor of Engineering, Cambridge University — The Professorship of Engineering is a professorship at the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1875 as a chair in Mechanism and Applied Mechanics , it was renamed to Mechanical Sciences in 1934, and to Engineering in 1966. Professors of Mechanism …   Wikipedia

  • Melvill Jones — Sir Bennett Melvill Jones (1887 1975) was Francis Mond Professor of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Cambridge from 1919 to 1935. He demonstrated the importance of streamlining in aircraft design.[1] Jones idea that a moving body… …   Wikipedia

  • Arthur Hartley — Infobox Engineer image size = 150px caption = name = Arthur Hartley nationality = English birth date = 7 January 1889 birth place = Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire death date = Death date and age|1960|01|28|1889|01|07 death place =… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”