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
- 1910 - 1932
- Career position - Professor of Engineerng, University of Melbourne
- 1914
- Career position - Local Secretary for Melbourne, Section G (Engineering), British Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Moorhouse, C. E., 'Payne, Henry (1871-1945), Engineer and Educationist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (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, 'A triangular computation sheet', Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Surveyors, 6 (1910-1919), 1-8. Details
- Payne, Henry, 'Insulator for cold storage', Commonwealth Engineer, 1 (3) (1913), 97-99. 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
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 13 February 2018