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WE record with regret the death of SIR HERBERT BABINGTON ROWELL, which occurred suddenly on June 23. Sir Herbert, we learn from Engineering for July 1, was born in 1860, and finished his professional education at Glasgow University, where he studied naval architecture under Profs. Elgar| and Jenkins. After experience with various shipbuilding firms, he became manager of the Hebburn shipyard of Messrs. R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie,i and Co., Ltd., and in 1916 became managing director of this firm. Sir Herbert was the first lecturer in naval architecture at Armstrong College, Newcastle. He was also a member of the council of the Institution of Naval Architects, and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. From 1912 to 1914 he was president i of the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation, and from 1915 to 1917 president of the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders. In addition he was a member of Lloyd' Tech-nical Committee, and filled many other public ap-pointments. He received the honour of knight hood in 1918.
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[Obituaries]. Nature 107, 658–659 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107658c0
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