Person

Payne, Henry (1871 - 1945)

Born: 9 March 1871
Calcutta, India
Died: 28 March 1945
Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Engineer and Educator

Summary

Henry Payne was Professor of Engineering at University of Melbourne 1910-1932. He was active in rebuilding and re-equipping the school and in 1913 succeeded in having his courses recognised by the English Institutions.

Details

Born 9 March 1871. Died 28 March 1945. Educated City and Guilds Technical College, Finsbury, London. Lecturer, University College, London 1898-1903, South African College, Cape Town 1903-09 (Corporation Chair of Civil Engineering from 1905), chair of engineering, University of Melbourne 1910-32, made an emeritus professor on his retirement. President, Melbourne University Engineering Society 1910, President, Victorian Institute of Engineers 1914, Chairman, local committee, Institution of Civil Engineers in Victoria 1924-25, Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia 1929. Chairman, Air Accident Investigations Committee 1926-31.

Chronology

4 Dec 1900: Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
6 Apr 1909: Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London

Related People

Burnell, John Gurner (1885 - 1967)
Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed John Burnell nomination for MInstCE 1923
Calder, William (1860 - 1928)
Henry Payne endorsed William Calder nomination for MInstCE, 1913. Henry Payne was a pall-bearer at William Calder's funeral, 1928.
Clements, Francis William (1864 - 1939)
Henry Payne endorsed Francis Clements nomination for MInstCE 1913.
Gibson, William Hope Harnett (1892 - 1967)
Henry Payne MIMechE seconded William Gibson's transfer to MIMechE 1937
Green, Frederick William (1885 - 1968)
Henry Payne endorsed Fred Green's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1920.
Kelso, Alexander Edward (1894 - 1943)
Henry Payne endorsed Alexander Kelso's nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1920.
Kemp, John Robert (1883 - 1955)
Henry Payne endorsed John Kemp's nomination for MInstCE in 1929.
Nimmo, William Hogarth Robertson (1885 - 1970)
Henry Payne endorsed William Nimmo's application for MInstCE, 1931.
Ritchie, Edgar Gowar (1871 - 1956)
Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed Edgar Ritchie's nomination for MInstCE in 1913
Waitt, Frank William Foster (1895 - 1989)
Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed Frank Waitt's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1926.

Published resources

Book Sections

Moorhouse, C. E., 'Payne, Henry (1871-1945), Engineer and Educationist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 169-170. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110175b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

'Abstracts of proceedings of Divisions, 1920.', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1 (1920), 151-161, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.633491999041294. 'Lecture 21 July 1920 - "James Watt," Prof. H. Payne, M.lnst.C.E.' , p.154. Details
Payne, Henry, 'Note on wind pressure (Paper & Discussion)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. XIII (1913), 140-142. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24549. Details
Payne, Henry, 'Notes on a new lecture theatre - Melbourne University (Paper & Discussion)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. XIII (1913), 134-139, 143-144. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24548. Details
Payne, Henry, 'Notes on insulation for cold storage (Paper & Discussion)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. XIV (1914), 65-73, 129-132. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24565. Details
Payne, Henry, 'The influence line (Paper & Discussion)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. XVI (1917), 67-82, 136-137. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24590. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17627005. Details
Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 'Application: 10477, 1900', Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3585/. Details
'Payne, Henry (1871-1945)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469468. Details

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