Person Coker; Ernest George (1869 - 1946); civil and mechanical engineer Coker Ernest George civil and mechanical engineer 1869 - 1946 British Male Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom 26 April 1869 18690426 13 Miller Road, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom 09 April 1946 19460409

3 Farnley Road, Chingford, Essex, England, United Kingdom (1946)

Civil and mechanical engineer Photoelasticity Engineering Materials Science Engineer Mechanical engineering Education: Privately educated (1883-1887); Normal School of Science, London; MA (Camb); DSc (Edin) Career: Apprentice and later draughtsman in the London and North Western Railway carriage works at Wolverton; assistant examiner in the Patent Office (1892); engineering educationist (1898); moved to Canada and became assistant professor in civil engineering at McGill University, Montreal (1899) and later associate professor; simultaneously principal assistant to Henry Taylor Bovey (FRS 1902), testing materials and experimenting on Canadian water power schemes; returned to England and became professor of mechanical engineering and head of the department of civil engineering at Finsbury Technical College, London, where he built a new engineering laboratory (1905); professor of civil and mechanical engineering at University College, London (1914), later dean of the faculty of engineering and director of the engineering laboratories; retired as Professor Emeritus (1934). Memberships: FRSE Medals/Awards: Gold medal of the Institution of Naval Architects 1911 Telford medal 1921 Thomas Hawksley medal 1922 Parents: George Coker, engine fitter, and Sarah Tompkins. Spouse: (m. 1899) Alice Mary (d. 1941), daughter of Robert King, an engineer, of Wolverton. Gained an international reputation in the limited field of photo-elasticity. Medals and prizes: Rumford Medal 1936 Fellow 11/05/1916 47 John Allen Harker Hugh Longbourne Callendar George Johnstone Stoney Raphael Meldola Karl Pearson Thomas Mather William Ernest Dalby Silvanus Phillips Thompson John Perry John Wolfe Barry Richard Tetley Glazebrook Dugald Clerk Henry Selby Hele-Shaw James Alfred Ewing Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1952-1953 vol 8 pp 389-393, plate, by H T Jessop International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1953.0005 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Coker%2C+Ernest+George RCN 24245 26 Apr 1869 - 9 Apr 1946 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 09/04/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1155 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/104534574 f01723c5-46d8-4e95-b834-ab9f4dc8832f