Herbert Walker Swift
From Graces Guide
Professor Herbert Walker Swift (1894-1960)
1947 Bio Note. [1]
Professor SWIFT took the Mechanical Sciences Tripos at the University of Cambridge and graduated with first-class honours in 1920. He became D.Sc. (Eng.) (London) in 1928.
After distinguished military service in the 1914-18 war he became chief engineer to Wm. Hollins and Company, textile spinners.
In 1922 he was appointed demonstrator and lecturer at Leeds University, and in 1926 succeeded the late Professor Charnock at Bradford Technical College. He was appointed Professor of Engineering at the University of Sheffield in 1936, and was Chairman of the Yorkshire Branch in that year.
In 1946 he was elected a Member of Council of the Institution.
1961 Obituary [2]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1947 IMechE Proceedings
- ↑ 1961 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Obituaries