| Authorised form of name | Oram; Sir; Henry John (1858 - 1939); naval officer |
| Dates | 1858 - 1939 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Plymouth, Devon, England |
| Date of birth | 19 June 1858 |
| Place of death | Kilmory, Cranleigh, Surrey, England |
| Date of death | 05/05/1939 |
| Occupation | Naval officer |
| Activity | Education:
Private schools in Plymouth; Royal Naval Engineering College at Keyham, Devonport (1873); Royal Naval College, Greenwich (1882).
Career:
Entered the Royal Navy as assistant engineer (1879); appointed to the Admiralty (1884-1914); chief engineer (1889); staff engineer (1893); fleet engineer (1897); chief inspector (1901); deputy engineer-in-chief (1902); succeeded Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir Albert John Durston as engineer-in-chief of the fleet, with the rank of engineer vice-admiral (1907); retired as engineer-in-chief of the fleet (1917).
Memberships:
Junior Institution of Engineers (President 1908–9)
Institute of Metals (President 1914)
Medals/Awards:
American Distinguished Service Medal
Honours:
CB 1906; KCB 1910 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/05/1912 |
| Age at election | 54 |
| Proposer | William Henry Preece |
| John Wolfe Barry |
| Henry Taylor Bovey |
| William Davidson Niven |
| Charles Algernon Parsons |
| William Henry White |
| James Alfred Ewing |
| Philip Watts |
| Francis Elgar |
| Arthur Mostyn Field |
| Relationships | Parents: John Joseph Oram, of Plymouth, and Jane Hall.
Spouse: Emily Kate (d. 1928), daughter of John Bardens, of Plymouth (12 July 1881).
Children: Two sons and two daughters. |
| Royal Society Obituary or Memoir | Click to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1939-1941 vol 3 pp 155-158, plate, by E H Tennyson d'Eyncourt |
| Code | NA6150 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1912/14 | Oram, Sir Henry John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/52/478 | Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Admiral Sir Henry John Oram, FRS | 17 December 1915 |
| NLB/57/191 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir HJ [Henry John] Oram, FRS, KCB | 11 August 1919 |
| NLB/55/749 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to unknown correspondent | 27 August 1918 |
| NLB/73/104 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Oram, K.C.B., FRS | 3 December 1930 |
| NLB/57 | New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration | 27 June 1919-27 February 1920 |
| MC/27/243 | Letter from [Arnulph] Mallock, 6 Creswell Gardens, S.W, to The Secretary, Royal Society | 29 October 1912 |