The John Elder Professor of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, was established in 1883 and endowed by Isabella Elder (1828-1905) in honor of her husband, John Elder. John Elder was a renowned marine engineer and shipbuilder of Randolph, Elder & Co. (1824-1869).

John Elder Professors of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering[edit]

• Francis Elgar LLD (1883)
• Philip Jenkins (1886)
• Sir John Harvard Biles DSc LLD (1891)
• Percy Archibald Hillhouse DSc (1921-1942)
• Andrew McCance Robb DSc LLD (1944)
• John Farquhar Christie Conn DSc (1957)
• Douglas Faulkner BSc PhD RCNC FEng (1973)
• Nigel D P Barltrop BSc CEng SICE MRINA

See also[edit]

• List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow

References[edit]

• Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow compiled by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond