Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics

The Regius Chair of Civil Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1840 by Queen Victoria.

In 1872 the endowment was increased by the bequest of Isabella Elder in memory of her husband, John Elder. The name of the chair was shortened to Regius Chair of Civil Engineering on the appointment of William Marshall in 1952, but the original name was restored upon the appointment of René de Borst in 2012.

De Borst left the chair in 2015 towards Sheffield and left it vacated for six years. In 2021, Margaret Lucas became the eleventh incumbent and first female Regius Professor of engineering in Glasgow.

Regius Professors of Civil Engineering and Mechanics 1840 - Lewis Gordon 1855 - William Rankine 1873 - James Thompson 1889 - Archibald Barr 1913 - John Dewar Cormack 1936 - Gilbert Cook 1952 - William Marshall 1977 - Alexander Coull 1994 - Nenad Bicanic 2012 - René de Borst 2021 - Margaret Lucas

See also List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow Professor of Civil Engineering (Dublin)

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