William Reid (mining engineer)
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Sir William Reid FRSE FIME DSc DCL (20 June 1906–2 October 1985) was a 20th-century Scottish businessman and mining engineer. He served as President of the Mining Institute of Scotland 1951/2 and as President of the Institute of Mining Engineers 1956/7. He was Chairman of the Durham Division of the National Coal Board.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Charles_Carlow_Reid|title=Charles Carlow Reid - Graces Guide|website=www.gracesguide.co.uk|access-date=2019-06-16}}
Life
He was born on 20 June 1906 the son of Sir Charles Carlow Reid (1879–1961), a mining engineer and author of the "Reid Report" on British mining, and cousin to mining entrepreneur Charles Augustus Carlow.{{Cite web |title=Carlow, Charles Augustus (1878-1954) |url=http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/93821/8/CarlowToOUPtext29October2015.pdf |access-date=February 4, 2024 |website=eprints.whiterose.ac.}}
William was educated at Dollar Academy. He studied mining and metallurgy at the University of Edinburgh graduating with a BSc in 1929 and gaining a doctorate (PhD) in 1933.
In 1956 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Robert McAdam, Sir Edmund Hirst, James Pickering Kendall, and Hugh Bryan Nisbet. He received honorary doctorates from Heriot-Watt University in 1967 (DSc) and from Durham University in 1970 (DCL).{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=9 March 2018|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972.
He died on 2 October 1985 is buried with his parents in Beath Cemetery in Cowdenbeath in Fife.{{Cite web |title=Beath Cemetery, Kelty, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom | BillionGraves Cemetery and Images |url=https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Beath-Cemetery/293908 |website=billiongraves.com}}
Family
He was married to Sheila Janette Christiana Davidson.
Publications
- The Reconstruction of the British Mining Industry (1949) with his father Sir Charles Reid
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Category:People educated at Dollar Academy
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