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PROF. W. BLACKADDER, who died on May 14, graduated B.Sc. in engineering in the University of Edinburgh in 1897 and was awarded the Vans Dunlop Scholarship. After graduating he gained a wide experience in general engineering practice with the Caledonian Railway, Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners and the Clyde Navigation Trust. In 1907 he was appointed lecturer in civil engineering and applied mechanics in the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, under the late Prof. Longbottom, who at one time acted as assistant to the late Karl Pearson.
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Prof. W. Blackadder. Nature 145, 925 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145925b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145925b0