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CECIL HOWARD LANDER was born at Stockport, Cheshire, in 1881. After receiving his early education at private schools in Cheshire, he decided to prepare for engineering as his career. His first step was to obtain practical training. To this end, on leaving school, he, joined the engineering staff of the Manchester Ship Canal Company, then moved to become an assistant to the late Mr. Charles Hopkinson, and eventually was on the staff of Heenan and Froude, by whom he was employed on the design and testing of refuse destructors. In consequence, Lander had acquired a background of varied practical experience over about five years before he entered the University of Manchester in 1902 as a student in engineering. At the University his ability was soon recognized. He graduated in 1905 with first-class honours and was awarded the Fairbairn Prize.
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PARKER, A. Prof. C. H. Lander, C.B.E. Nature 163, 628–629 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163628a0
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