Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

J. Husband

From Graces Guide

Professor Joseph Husband, M.Eng., F.R.C.Sc.I., M.Inst.C.E., P.P.I. Struct.E., M.Am. Soc.C.E., M. French Soc.C.E., M.Inst.W.E., Hon. M.J.I.E. The Univ., Sheffield.

1871 Joseph Husband was born in Rotherham

Royal Coll. of Science, Dublin.

Asst. Co. Surveyor, Co. Londonderry.

1892 founder of the civil engineering department of the Sheffield Technical School.

1897 Elected Associate of Inst Civil Engineers[1]

1900 Awarded a Watt Medal and Telford Premium

The Technical School eventually merged with the University of Sheffield

1921 Husband was appointed the first professor of civil engineering at the University

1936 Retired, joined his son in Husband and Clark, engineering consultants

1939 Snr. Partner, Messrs. Husband & Clark, Consulting Civil Engrs.

1961 Died in Sheffield

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Sources of Information

  1. Civil Engineer Lists