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Professor Bertram Hopkinson (1874-1918)
Professor of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics, 1903-1918
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"Tall, of a commanding presence, with immense
physical strength and energy, with ripe engineering experience
and great originality of mind…he commanded respect and confidence
in all those who worked with him." |
Bertram Hopkinson was the eldest son of John Hopkinson who had died so tragically in a mountaineering accident in 1898. Having read mathematics at Trinity in 1893-96, Bertram trained as a patent lawyer until his father's death at which point he decided to carry on his father's work in engineering and technological education. He was only twenty-nine when the Chair of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics became vacant at Cambridge, following Ewing's resignation in 1903. He applied and was appointed, having already a considerable professional reputation. |
