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DESCRIPTION: To mark 175 years of engineering in Trinity College Dublin\, a
  number of events have been planned to take place on Tuesday 15th November
  2016.     \n\n 16.45 Plaque unveiling to commemorate Humphrey Lloyd   \n\
 n A plaque is to be unveiled at the entrance to the Lloyd Institute to com
 memorate Humphrey Lloyd\, who was born in Dublin in 1800 and graduated B.A
 . in 1819. He was elected a junior fellow in 1824 and succeeded his father
  Bartholomew in the Chair of Natural and Experimental Philosophy. In 1832 
 he confirmed experimentally Rowan Hamilton’s theory of conical refractio
 n\, and thus the wave theory of light. However\, his main interest was in 
 geomagnetism. He was appointed provost in 1867 in succession to his father
 \, a post he held until his death in 1881. \n\n Humphrey Lloyd was primari
 ly responsible for the setting up of the School of Engineering. Lectures i
 n engineering began on the 16th November 1841. At one o'clock on the previ
 ous day Humphrey Lloyd delivered a praelection (discourse) to mark the for
 mal opening of the School. In this he justified the teaching of engineerin
 g in the university and ended by extolling the profession and recommending
  its study to the assembled students. \n\n 17.30 The Macneill Lecture \n\n
  The Macneill Lecture\, in the Macneill Lecture Theatre\, named for Sir Jo
 hn Benjamin Macneill\, an eminent civil engineer and railway consultant\, 
 and the first holder of the Chair of the Practice of Engineering (1842 - 1
 852)\, will be delivered by Sir Thomas John Parker\, GBE Kt.\, FREng\, a d
 istinguished engineer and businessman and currently Chairman of Anglo Amer
 ican.  \n\n The Macneill Lecture will be given by Sir John Parker who was 
 chief executive of Harland and Wolff for ten years from 1983 and in 1991 w
 as knighted for services to defence and shipbuilding. He was President of 
 the Royal Institution of Naval Architects from 1996 to 1999. He is a Fello
 w of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a recent past President. He was 
 Chancellor of the University of Southampton from 2006 to 2011 and is a Vis
 iting Fellow of the University of Oxford. In 2012\, he was made a Knight G
 rand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE Kt.)\, for services to 
 industry and to the voluntary sector. \n\n 19.00 Reception and Anniversary
  Gala Dinner \n\n The day will end with a Reception and Anniversary Gala D
 inner in the Trinity Dining Hall. \nTickets are 75€ per person. Dress co
 de is Lounge Suit. \n
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LOCATION:Trinity College Dublin
ORGANIZER:mailto:traceycl@tcd.ie
SUMMARY:175 Years of Engineering at Trinity
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