| Authorised form of name | Kennedy; Sir; Alexander Blackie William (1847 - 1928) |
| Dates | 1847 - 1928 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Stepney, London, England |
| Date of birth | 17 March 1847 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 01/11/1928 |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Research field | Kinematics of machinery |
| Activity | Education:
City of London School (1858-1862)
Career:
Involved in the development of electric lighting, of trams, and of railways; designed electrical works in India and Japan; Consulting Engineer to LNWR, LSWR, and to LCC tramways; Professor of Engineering, University College, London; Chairman, Admiralty Committee on Machinery Designs (World War 1); Chairman, Admiralty Committee on Gun-sights and Range Finders (World War 1); explored the city of Petra (1922?)
Honours:
Kt 1905
Memberships:
MICE
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1887 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1936-1938 vol 2 pp 213-223, plate, by Alexander Gibb
References:
F C Moon, 'Robert Willis and Franz Reuleaux: pioneers in the theory of machines' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 209-230 |
| Virtual International Authority File | ttp://viaf.org/viaf/50004830 |
| Code | NA1703 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/Maull/002510 | Kennedy, Sir Alexander Blackie William | nd |
| NLB/11/984 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, Fellow of the Royal Society | 12 November 1895 |
| NLB/5/290 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrisons | 29 April 1891 |
| NLB/5/155 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 April 1891 |
| NLB/12/696 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 13 April 1896 |
| NLB/9/115 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, Fellow of the Royal Society, 14 Old Queen Street, Westminster, S.W. | 3 April 1894 |
| NLB/12/333 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to F A Eaton, Secretary, Royal Academy of Arts | 31 January 1896 |
| NLB/12/397 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, Fellow of the Royal Society | 13 February 1896 |
| RR/15/375 | Referee's report by Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, on a paper 'A throw-testing machine for reversals of mean stress' by Osborne Reynolds and J H Smith | 7 April 1902 |
| NLB/18/396 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor A B W Kennedy, Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 March 1899 |
| NLB/20/153 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 15 February 1900 |
| NLB/23/1/761 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, Fellow of the Royal Society | 17 January 1902 |
| NLB/24/687 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, Fellow of the Royal Society | 17 June 1902 |
| NLB/46/128 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, Fellow of the Royal Society | 13 June 1912 |
| NLB/55/241 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Alexander [Blackie William] Kennedy, FRS | 01 February 1918 |
| NLB/66/523 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Alexander Kennedy, FRS | 23 May 1924 |
| NLB/65/935 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Alexander [Blackie William] Kennedy, FRS | 31 January 1924 |
| NLB/66/541 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Alexander Kennedy, FRS | 27 May 1924 |
| NLB/71/908 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [William Cawthorne] Unwin, FRS | 5 December 1928 |
| IM/002511 | Kennedy, Sir Alexander Blackie William | nd |
| NLB/29/882 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, Fellow of the Royal Society | 5 January 1905 |
| RR/10/332 | Referee's report by Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, on a paper 'The rupture of steel by longitudinal stress' by Charles A Carus-Wilson | 11 June 1890 |
| EC/1887/09 | Kennedy, Sir Alexander Blackie William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/12/335 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society | 31 January 1896 |
| MC/15/161 | Letter from [Alexander Blackie William] Kennedy, 19 Little Queen Street, Westminster, to [Herbert] Rix, The Royal Society, Burlington House | 3 April 1891 |
| NLB/12/602 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Sir Courtenay E Boyle, Secretary, Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens, S.W. | 20 March 1896 |
| MC/15 | Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1889-1892 |