Michael Horne (engineer)
{{Short description|English structural engineer, scientist and academic}}
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| name = Michael Horne
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| office = Beyer Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Manchester
| term_start = 1978
| term_end = 1983
| office2 = Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Manchester
| term_start2 = 1960
| term_end2 = 1978
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| birth_name = Michael Rex Horne
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| birth_place = Leicester, England
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| education = Boston Grammar School, Leeds Grammar School, St John's College, Cambridge
| spouse = Dorcas Mary Hewitt
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| occupation = Structural engineer
| awards = Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers
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Michael Rex Horne (29 December 1921 – 6 January 2000) was an English structural engineer, scientist and academic who pioneered the theory of the Plastic Design of Structures.{{cite book|last1=Baker|first1=J F|last2=Horne|first2=M R|last3=Heyman|first3=J|title=The Steel Skeleton|volume=II|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1956}}
Early life and education
Horne was born in Leicester, England on 29 December 1921. He was educated at Boston Grammar School, Leeds Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in Mechanical Sciences with first class honours in 1941 {{cite journal|title=Michael Rex Horne Biog. Mems Fell. R. Soc. Lond. 47, 279–292 (2001)|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|date=January 2001|volume=47|pages=279–292|doi=10.1098/rsbm.2001.0016|url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.2001.0016|last1=Bryan|first1=E. R.|s2cid=57647981|url-access=subscription}}
Career
After graduation Horne worked as an assistant engineer for the River Great Ouse Catchment Board before moving back to Cambridge to work with John Baker, Baron Baker, :de:Jacques Heyman and Bernard Neal.
In 1960 Horne moved to the chair of Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester. Horne served on the Merrison Committee of Enquiry into the Collapse of Box Girder Bridges{{cite web|title=Inquiry into the Basis of Design and Method of Erection of Steel-Box Girder Bridges|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/96a2d658-b599-415f-9a05-c843e586bd7e}}
Horne was President of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1980-81
Awards and honours
- Honorary DSc University of Salford 1981{{cite web|title=Hon DSc 1981|url= https://www.salford.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1060871/Honorary-Graduates-as-at-20161013.pdf}}
- The Institution of Civil Engineers Telford Premiums in 1956, 1966 and 1978 and their Baker Medal in 1977.
- The Institution of Structural Engineers Henry Adams award in 1970-71 and their Oscar Faber Bronze medal in 1972-3.
- The Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1986 and their Kerensky Medal 1988
Books
- Baker J F, Horne M R, Heyman J (1956) The Steel Skeleton I, II, Cambridge University Press, UK
- Horne M R (2014) Plastic Theory of Structures: In SI/Metric Units (2nd Edition), Elsevier Science, {{ISBN|9781483188454}}
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Category:Presidents of the Institution of Structural Engineers
Category:British structural engineers
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Category:Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
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