Person
Green, Frederick William (1885 - 1968)
- Born
- 26 January 1885
East Rudham, Norfolk, United Kingdom - Died
- 11 May 1968
Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer, Electrical engineer and Mechanical engineer
Summary
Frederick Green BSc(Eng) WhEx AMIEAust AssocMInstCE AMIEE, established and was the first head of the Engineering Department of Swinburne Technical College, 1913 until 1928, and then Principal of the College from 1928 until he retired in 1950. He made a significant and lasting contribution to engineering education in Australia.
Details
Fred Green established the engineering school in 1913 and the diploma courses in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical engineering at Swinburne Technical College in 1915. These were the first Swinburne courses to be professionally recognised by the University of Melbourne, and by the Institution of Engineers Australia.
He designed the engineering school for the College, with lecture rooms, drawing office, laboratories for experimental and practical work in applied mechanics, surveying and electrical research, and extensive workshops for turning, fitting, pattern-making, blacksmithing, moulding and hardening. Later he also designed, had manufactured and installed, innovative equipment for testing and production.
From the 1920s through to the 1960s he contributed significantly to professional engineering development as a member, Secretary and Treasurer of the Victorian Advisory Committee of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London.
Chronology
- 1897 - 1900
- Education - Rutherford College, Newcastle-on-Tyne
- 1900 - 1906
- Career position - Appentice, becoming Assistant Engineer, Clarke, Chapman & Co., Gateshead-on-Tyne [ Engineers, Boiler makers and Electricians]
- 1905 - 1909
- Education - Rutherford and Armstrong Colleges, Newcastle-on-Tyne
- 1906 - 1908
- Career position - Assistant Engineer, Clarke, Chapman & Co., Engineers, Boiler makers and Electricians, Gateshead-on-Tyne
- 1910 - 1911
- Award - Whitworth Exhibitioner (WhEx) [Gateshead]
- 1910 - 1912
- Education - Bachelor of Science in Engineering, with Honours (BSc(Eng)), Imperial College of Science and Technology, London
- 1910 - 1912
- Career position - Engineer, Clarke, Chapman & Co., Engineers, Boiler makers and Electricians, Gateshead-on-Tyne
- 1911 - 1913
- Career position - Lecturer, Rutherford College, Newcastle-on-Tyne
- 1912
- Career event - Interviewed in Newcastle, UK, by George Swinburne, to head the Engineering Department of Swinburne Technical College, Melbourne
- 1913
- Life event - Migrated to Victoria, Australia
- 1913 - 1928
- Career position - Head, Engineering Department, Swinburne Technical College
- 1920
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers, London
- 1920
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1920 - 1966
- Career position - Member, Victorian Advisory Committee, Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 9 Mar 1920
- Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1928 - 1950
- Career position - Principal, Swinburne Technical College
- 1934 - 1966
- Career position - Treasurer, Victorian Advisory Committee, Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1950
- Life event - Retired
- 1950 - 1964
- Career position - Secretary, Victorian Advisory Committee, Institution of Civil Engineers, London
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Published resources
Edited Books
- Johnson, H. H,; Barwell, F. T. ed., The Whitworth Register (London: Whitworth Society, 1957), 235 pp, https://archive.org/details/whitworthregiste00whit/. Whitworth Exhibitioner - 1910. [See biography page 92]. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'The Ex-Director [ Mr Frederick William Green]', The Open Door - The Magazine of the Swinburne Technical College (1950), 6-7, https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/items/a50d1d9a-3f82-408a-82a6-98c38d6a31b8/1/. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Green, F. W., 'The place and importance at the present time of Technical Education', The Australasian (1946), 52, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141908282. Details
Resources
- 'Obituary: Frederick William Green, 1885-1968.', Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, https://doi.org/10.1680/iicep.1969.7553. Details
- Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 'Application: 16171, 1920', Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3585/. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 5 May 2022, Last modified: 27 October 2026