P002480 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002480b.htm person Payne Henry AACR2 9 March 1871 28 March 1945 Place of Birth Calcutta, India Place of Death Richmond, Victoria, Australia Engineer Educator Academic Henry Payne, MInstCE MIMechE MIEAust, 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. 1888 1890 Education - Finsbury Technical College, Leonard Street, London 1890 1895 Career position - Employed at Merryweather and Sons Ltd, Greenwich [Drawing Office; In-charge fitting and erecting department; experimental and electrical works] 1896 1898 Career position - Assistant to Oscar Guttmann, Consulting Civil Engineer [design and supervising the erection of manufacturers plant] 1898 Career position - Evening teacher, Goldsmith's Institute, New Cross [Teaching electrical engineering] 1898 1903 Career position - Assistant to Prof. T Hudson Beare, University College, London [Instructor in mechanical drawing and machine design] 26 Jan 1900 26 Jan 1900 Career event - Associate Member (AMIMechE), Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London 4 Dec 1900 4 Dec 1900 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1903 Career event - Member, South African Philosophical Society 1903 1909 Career position - Professor of Engineering, Lecturer, South African College, Cape Town, Cape Colony 15 Sep 1903 15 Sep 1903 Career event - Member (MIMechE), Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London 1904 Career event - Member, Cape Society of Civil Engineers 1904 1904 Career event - First President, South African College Engineering Society 1906 Career event - Member, South African Association for the Advancement of Science 1906 1909 Career position - Chair of Civil Engineering, South African College, Cape Town, Cape Colony 1909 1909 Life event - Migrated to Australia from South Africa, to be Professor of Engineering, University of Melbourne 1909 1909 Career event - Elected President for 1910, Cape Society of Civil Engineers [But resigned as he was leaving the colony] 1909 1932 Career position - Professor of Engineering, University of Melbourne [succeeded by Wilfrid Kernot] 6 Apr 1909 6 Apr 1909 Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1910 1910 Career position - President, Melbourne University Engineering Society 1910 c. 1916 Career event - Member, Victorian Institute of Engineers 1913 1945 Award - Life member, South African Society of Civil Engineers 1914 1914 Career position - President, Victorian Institute of Engineers 1914 1914 Career position - Local Secretary for Melbourne, Section G (Engineering), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1920 1920 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1924 1925 Career position - Chairman, Victoria local committee, Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1926 1931 Career position - Chairman, Air Accident Investigations Committee, Commonwealth of Australia 1928 1929 Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia 1930 1930 Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society 1931 1931 Life event - Retired 1932 1932 Award - Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne Calder, William (1860 - 1928)

Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed William Calder nomination for MInstCE, 1913. Henry Payne was a pall-bearer at William Calder's funeral, 1928.

 Victoria Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Chairman, Melbourne Division 1928 -1929

 Melbourne University Engineering Society, The University of Melbourne (1889 - 1919)

President 1910

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Professor of Engineering 1910 - 1932

 British Association for the Advancement of Science 84th Meeting (1914)

Local Secretary for Melbourne, Section G (Engineering) 1914

 Waitt, Frank William Foster (1895 - 1989)

Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed Frank Waitt's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1926.

 Victorian Institute of Engineers (1883 - 1949)

President 1914

 Kelso, Alexander Edward (1894 - 1943)

Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed Alexander Kelso's nomination for AssocMInstCE, 1920.

 Upton, Thomas Haynes (1889 - 1956)

Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed Thomas Upton nomination for MInstCE 1925. Upton was an assistant to Payne in 1911, and Senior Lecturer 1922 - 1925..

 Gibson, William Hope Harnett (1892 - 1967)

Henry Payne MIMechE seconded William Gibson's transfer to MIMechE 1937

 Clements, Francis William (1864 - 1939)

Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed Francis Clements nomination for MInstCE 1913.

 Ritchie, Edgar Gowar (1871 - 1956)

Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed Edgar Ritchie's nomination for MInstCE in 1913

 Kemp, John Robert (1883 - 1955)

Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed John Kemp's nomination for MInstCE 1929.

 Nimmo, William Hogarth Robertson (1885 - 1970)

Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed William Nimmo's application for MInstCE, 1931.

 Burnell, John Gurner (1885 - 1967)

Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed John Burnell nomination for MInstCE 1923

 Green, Frederick William (1885 - 1968)

Henry Payne MInstCE endorsed Fred Green's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1920.

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 Payne, Henry (1871-1945)

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 'Payne, Henry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Payne, Henry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Abstracts of proceedings of Divisions, 1920. Abstracts of proceedings of Divisions, 1920. 1920 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 1 151-161 Journal Article: Forward - by the Chairman of the Melboure Division of the Institution Payne, H. Forward - by the Chairman of the Melboure Division of the Institution 1929 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 1 1 5-6 Journal Article: Notes on a new lecture theatre - Melbourne University (Paper & Discussion) Payne, Henry Notes on a new lecture theatre - Melbourne University (Paper & Discussion) 1913 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. XIII 134-139, 143-144 Journal Article: Note on wind pressure (Paper & Discussion) Payne, Henry Note on wind pressure (Paper & Discussion) 1913 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. XIII 140-142 Journal Article: The influence line (Paper & Discussion) Payne, Henry The influence line (Paper & Discussion) 1917 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. XVI 67-82, 136-137 Journal Article: Notes on insulation for cold storage (Paper & Discussion) Payne, Henry Notes on insulation for cold storage (Paper & Discussion) 1914 Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers vol. XIV 65-73, 129-132 Journal Article: A triangular computation sheet Payne, Henry A triangular computation sheet Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors 6 1910-1919 1-8 Journal Article: Chairman's Address [Melbourne Division] Payne, H. Chairman's Address [Melbourne Division] 1929 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 1 7 280-282 Journal Article: The record of our men Payne, Henry The record of our men Melbourne University Engineering Society 1919 The Varsity Engineer 7-12 Journal Article: Insulator for cold storage Payne, Henry Insulator for cold storage 1913 Commonwealth Engineer 1 3 97-99 Resource: Mechanical Engineer Records, 1847-1938 Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London Mechanical Engineer Records, 1847-1938 ancestry.com Resource: Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Resource: Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 Institution of Civil Engineers, London Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930 ancestry.com Journal Article: Professor Payne, MInstCE MInstMechE Professor Payne, MInstCE MInstMechE Melbourne University Engineering Society 1910 The Varsity Engineer 2 7-8 Resource: S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science 2002 Journal Article: Professor Payne [Photographic portrait] Professor Payne [Photographic portrait] Melbourne University Engineering Society 1910 The Varsity Engineer 2 Frontispiece