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BIRMINGHAM.—The chair of civil engineering rendered vacant by the resignation of Prof. F. C. Lea has been filled by the appointment of Dr. Cyril Batho. Prof. Batho, after a distinguished career at the University of Liverpool, studied at Berlin and at the Technische Hochschule of Charlottenburg He has had teaching experience at the University of Liverpool, and at McGill University, Montreal, having occupied posts as assistant professor of civil engineering and as associate professor of applied mechanics and hydraulics in the latter University. Prof. Batho has published important papers on the strength of materials and structural engineering, and has had practical experience as assistant designing engineer to the St. Lawrence Bridge Company on the new Quebec Bridge. He is also a member of the Air Research Committee of the Advisory. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of Canada.
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University and Educational Intelligence. Nature 113, 876–877 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113876b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/113876b0