Michael Horne (engineer)
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Michael Rex Horne | |
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| Born | 29 December 1921 Leicester, England |
| Died | 6 January 2000 (aged 78) |
| Education | Boston Grammar School, Leeds Grammar School, St John's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse | Dorcas Mary Hewitt |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Structural engineer |
| Institutions | Institution of Structural Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Royal Society Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Awards | Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers |
Michael Rex Horne (29 December 1921 – 6 January 2000) was an English structural engineer, scientist and academic who pioneered the theory of the Plastic Design of Structures.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Horne was born in Leicester, England on 29 December 1921. He was educated at Boston Grammar School, Leeds Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in Mechanical Sciences with first class honours in 1941 [2]
Career
[edit]After graduation Horne worked as an assistant engineer for the River Great Ouse Catchment Board before moving back to Cambridge to work with John Baker, Baron Baker, de:Jacques Heyman and Bernard Neal. In 1960 Horne moved to the chair of Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester. Horne served on the Merrison Committee of Enquiry into the Collapse of Box Girder Bridges[3] Horne was President of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1980-81
Awards and honours
[edit]- Honorary DSc University of Salford 1981[4]
- The Institution of Civil Engineers Telford Premiums in 1956, 1966 and 1978 and their Baker Medal in 1977.
- The Institution of Structural Engineers Henry Adams award in 1970-71 and their Oscar Faber Bronze medal in 1972-3.[2]
- The Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1986 and their Kerensky Medal 1988[2]
Books
[edit]- Baker J F, Horne M R, Heyman J (1956) The Steel Skeleton I, II, Cambridge University Press, UK
- Horne M R (2014) Plastic Theory of Structures: In SI/Metric Units (2nd Edition), Elsevier Science, ISBN 9781483188454
References
[edit]- ^ Baker, J F; Horne, M R; Heyman, J (1956). The Steel Skeleton. Vol. II. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ a b c Bryan, E. R. (January 2001). "Michael Rex Horne Biog. Mems Fell. R. Soc. Lond. 47, 279–292 (2001)". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 47: 279–292. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2001.0016. S2CID 57647981.
- ^ "Inquiry into the Basis of Design and Method of Erection of Steel-Box Girder Bridges".
- ^ "Hon DSc 1981" (PDF).
- Presidents of the Institution of Structural Engineers
- Structural engineers
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- IStructE Gold Medal winners
- Engineering educators
- People educated at Boston Grammar School
- 1921 births
- 2000 deaths
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge