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PROF. C. H. LOBBAN, who is retiring, during the present summer, from the chair of civil engineering at King's College, London, took his degree at the University of Glasgow and had practical experience in the Glasgow area; he served as demonstrator for two years at that University, going on from there to a lectureship at the University of Manchester, and later to a professorship at Madras. For four years before the First World War he was in practice in Scotland as a civil engineer, and during the War served in France with the Royal Engineers. After serving as assistant controller of the Disposals Board, he joined King's College, London, in 1920. There he is remembered by many generations of engineering students as a keen and efficient engineering teacher, and, in particular, for the elegant solutions that he developed for problems in the field of structural theory. His research work into structural analysis by the deformeter is widely recognized and he was awarded the D.Sc. of Glasgow in 1925 for a thesis on “Grillage and Reinforced Concrete Foundations”. He has also carried out important consultative work. He was responsible for the structural design of various buildings, including Victoria House, Southampton Row, London, W.C.I, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and University College, Nottingham. He served as the first technical officer of the Steel Structures Research Committee of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
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Civil Engineering at King's College, London: Prof. C. H. Lobban. Nature 158, 91–92 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158091c0
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