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 Register of Students Admitted to The Royal Indian Engineering College Coopers Hill 1871-1906
| Date transcribed | 2012-05-21 | | Transcribed by | Robert Charnock | | Comment | Vol 1 F.W. Abbatt to RHE Hutton-Squire
At a meeting of the Coopers Hill Society in 1959 the lack of any biographical record of students admitted to the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill, was discussed. This register is an attempt to complete a record. It may be regarded as an appendix to ‘A Short History of the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill’ by J.G.P. Cameron, C.I.E., issued by the Coopers Hill Society for private circulation in 1960.
The names of the students admitted have been taken from the calendars published annually by authority and preserved in the library of the India Office, Whitehall. The biographical details have been compiled mainly from information in the magazines mentioned on page 28 of Cameron’s History.
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 | Surname | McCLEAN | | | Given names | Sir Francis Kennedy | | | Awards | Kt. | | | Birth | 1 February 1876 | | | Death | 11 August 1955, aged 79 yrs | | | Wifes name | Aileen | | | Wifes fathers name | W.H. Wall, of Lapworth, Warks | | | Fathers name | Dr. F. McClean, FRS, LLD | | | Children | 2 daughters | | | Primary Education | Cheltenham | | | Term at CH | 1894-97 | | | Academic achievements | Passed for the Indian Public Service as assistant engineer | | | Career | Posted to Bombay Public Works Dept. Resigned 1902. Returned to Coopers Hill for 3 month course in Electrical Engineering. Managing director of a S. Staffordshire coal-mine. Joined party led by Sir Norman Lockyer to Palmas, Majorca to observe eclipse of the sun 1905. Took part in the Gordon-Bennett balloon race from Berlin 1907, piloted the 1908 race from Zurich. Flew with Wilbur Wright at Le Mans, Dec. 1908. With Short Bros. from 1909 developing aeroplane design. Loaned aircraft to the Admiralty for training naval officers 1911. Pioneered submarine photography. Flew up the Thames in a seaplane taking it through the upper and lower parts of Tower Bridge and under London Bridge without touching water Aug. 1912. Flew up the Nile to Khartoum in a Short seaplane with 4 passengers | | | Military & War Service | Joined Royal Naval Air Service Aug. 1914. Commissioned RAF. Resigned 1919 | | | Other | Twice chairman Royal Aero Club and a vice-president from 1945 | | | Ref | Coopers Hill Mag. IX 6 p91, XV 11 p190, XII 17, Obit The Times 12 Aug. 1955 |
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