George William Osborn Howe
George William Osborn Howe (1875- )
1875 Born at Charlton, Kent
Educated at Woolwich Polytechnic and Durham University.
Nine years work with Siemens Brothers and Co., at Woolwich, and Siemens and Halske, at Charlottenburg
Two years as lecturer at Hull Technical School
Appointed lecturer and later Assistant-Professor of Electrical Engineering at the City and Guilds Engineering College.
1919 City and Guilds College.[1]
Member of the Council of the Physical Society
Member of the Radiotelegraphic Research Committee of the British Association and of the British Committee of the Inter-national Radiotelegraphic Commission.
1939 D.Sc. (Durham and Adelaide), M.I.E.E. Professor of Elect. Eng., Glasgow Univ. Private Address: Lismore House, North Kelvinside, Glasgow. Career: Roan School, Greenwich, and Armstrong Coll. Apprent., Siemens Bros., Woolwich. 1900-02, Elect. Engr., Siemens-Schuckert, Berlin; 1903-05, Lecturer, Hull Tech. Coil.; 1905-09, Lecturer, Imperial Coll., South Kensington; 1909-20, Asst. Professor of Elect. Eng., Imperial Coll.; 1920-21, Head of Dept. of Elect. Standards and Measurements, National Physical Laboratory present appointment from 1921. Books: "A Textbook of Electrical Engineering"; "Exercises in Electrical Engineering" (jointly with T. Mather); Editor "Radio Review," 1920-22; Editor "Wireless Engineer" since 1926.