Barraclough, Samuel Henry Egerton (Henry) (1871 - 1958)

Summary

Sir Henry Egerton Barraclough was Professor of Mechanical Engineering and later Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney 1915-1941. During the First World War 1914-1918 he administered the Australian Munition Workers Scheme in London.

Details

War service as censor with Intelligence and in charge of the Australian munitions workers in England and France.

Chronology

1892

Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship

1892

Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE (Civil)), University of Sydney

1894

Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship, extended another year

1894

Education - Master of Mechanical Engineer (MME), Sibley College of Engineering, Cornell University

1895 - 1896

Career position - Lecturer-in-charge, Department of (Applied) Physics, Sydney Technical College, and teacher of physics at Sydney High School

1897 - 1907

Career position - Lectured in military engineering, Department of Military Science, University of Sydney

1897 - 1907

Career position - Assistant lecturer, Mechanical engineering, Peter Nicol Russell school of engineering, University of Sydney

1 Mar 1898

Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London

1901 - 1902

Career position - Founder and founding President, Sydney University Engineering Society

1903 - 1904

Career position - Chairman, Engineering Section, Royal Society of New South Wales

15 Mar 1907

Career event - Member (MIMechE), Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London

1908 - 1914

Career position - Assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney

1914 - 1915

Career position - President, Engineering Association of New South Wales

1914 - 1941

Career position - Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney

1919

Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1919

Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Army Staff Corps AIF

1920

Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1920

Award - Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

1920

Award - Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration (VD), for long and meritorious service as a part-time commissioned officer.

2 Mar 1920

Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London

1922 - 1941

Career position - Membr of Council, Institution of Engineers Australia

1924 - 1933

Career position - Dean, Faculty of engineering, University of Sydney

1925 - 1933

Career position - Fellow, Senate, University of Sydney

1926

Career event - Elected Member (Engineering), Australian National Research Council

1935

Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia

1936 - 1941

Career position - Dean, Faculty of engineering, University of Sydney

1937

Career position - President, Section H, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

1938 - 1956

Career position - Fellow, Senate, University of Sydney

1939

Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia

1939

Career position - President, Section H (Engineering and Architecture), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

1943

Award - Honorary Member (HonMIEAust), Institution of Engineers, Australia - For notable contributions to science and practice of engineering in Australia and to engineering education. Personal service in advancement of the Institution, Councillor (1922-1941) and President (1935)

17 Mar 1950

Award - Honorary Member (HonMIMechE), Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London

Related entries

Archival resources

University of Sydney, Archives

• Samuel Henry Egerton Barraclough - Records, 1847 - 1948, P 10; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Antill, J. M., 'Barraclough, Sir Samuel Henry Egerton (1871-1958)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 184-185, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barraclough-sir-samuel-henry-egerton-5141. Details

Conference Papers

• Dwyer, M. R., 'Engineers' Papers: An Undervalued Historical Source', in Fifth National Conference on Engineering Heritage 1990: Interpreting Engineering Heritage; Preprints of Papers (Perth, Western Australia: Institution of Engineers, Australia, Western Australian Division, 1990), pp. 29-34.. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.623644955225119. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Obituary: Henry Egerton Barraclough', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 30 (1958), 380. Details
• Barraclough, Henry, 'Presidential address: The use and convenience of man [Section H - Engineering and Architecture]', Report of the twenty-fourth meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Canberra meeting, January, 1939 (1939), 178-193. Details
• Barraclough, S. H. E.; Strickland, T. P., 'Experimental investigation of the flow of water in uniform channels', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 31 (1897), 356-376, http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41845106. Details
• Barraclough, Samuel Henry Egerton, 'Sir John Monash - Engineer', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 3 (1931), 363-364. Details
• Barraclough, Sir Henry; Gibson, W. H. H., 'The new Dalby Straining Machine with characteristic applications', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 10 (1938), 107-. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Twenty-third Annual Report [1942]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 15 (1943), 35-51. 'Honorary Membership - Sir Henry Barraclough, KBE VD ME, Emeritus Professor of Engineering, University of Sydney, awarded Honorary Membership', p.38. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Twenty-third Annual Report [1942]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 15 (1943), 35-51. 'Engineering Standardisation - The Institution [of Engineers Australia] has been represented on the Council of the Standards Association during 1942 by: Sir Henry Barraclough, Mr R J Boyd, Mr H G Carter, Colonel W D Chapman, Mr A J Gibson and Mr T H Upton', p.38. Details
• James, Brian, 'A huge lightning strike, and the discovery of the pinch effect', Australian physics, 44 (1) (2007), 9-10,30. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5717824. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/310693131. Details
• CA 2001, Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: MT1487/1, BARRACLOUGH S H E', MT1487/1 Service records and correspondence concerning Australians serving with other Imperial forces, World War 1., National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=6023613. Details
• Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 'Application: 9914, 1898', Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3585/. Details
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, 'Proposal 6742 1906, typescript with notes 1907, register', Mechanical Engineer Records, 1847-1938, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3149/. Details
• 'Barraclough, Henry (1871-1958)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-560692. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Barraclough, Samuel Henry Egerton', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000199p.htm. Details
• 'Primary description of person CP 260; Samuel Henry Egerton Barraclough', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CP%20260. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_b.html. Details
• Ludlow, Christa; Bowie, Ian; Neville, Pamela, 'Chapter 15: Engineering education in Sydney' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 285-298. Details
• Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia (Melbourne: Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 1995), 267 pp. Details