| Authorised form of name | Froude; Robert Edmund (1846 - 1924); engineer, hydrodynamicist, and naval architect |
| Dates | 1846 - 1924 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Devonshire, England |
| Date of birth | 22 December 1846 |
| Place of death | Croft Cottage, Cambridge, England |
| Date of death | 19/03/1924 |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Research field | Hydrodynamics |
| Engineering |
| Activity | Career:
Assistant to his father William Froude (1871); became superintendent upon his father’s death (1879); expanded the facility at Haslar; partnered with Richard Hammersley Heenan, of Woodhouse and Co engineering company, co-founding Heenan & Froude Ltd, Birmingham (1881).
Honours:
CB 1911 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1894 |
| Age at election | 48 |
| Proposer | Andrew Noble |
| John Isaac Thornycroft |
| William George Armstrong |
| Frederick Bramwell |
| Ettrick William Creak |
| Douglas Galton |
| Edward James Reed |
| Alexander Blackie William Kennedy |
| William Pole |
| James Henry Cotterill |
| Benjamin Baker |
| William Henry White |
| William James Lloyd Wharton |
| Relationships | Parents: William Froude (FRS 1870) |
| OtherInfo | Described momentum theory. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll |
| Code | NA6357 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/14/126 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | [8 January 1897] |
| NLB/23/1/621 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Robert Edward Froude, Fellow of the Royal Society | 16 December 1901 |
| NLB/26/277 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Robert Edmund Froude, Fellow of the Royal Society | 20 February 1903 |
| MC/25/86 | Letter from [Robert Edmund] Froude, Bernstein, Newton Abbot, S. Devon, to The Assistant [Secretary], Royal Society | 1 October 1910 |
| EC/1894/10 | Froude, Robert Edmund: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/25/85 | Letter from [Robert Edmund] Froude, North Lodge, Alverstoke, Gosport, to The Assistant [Secretary], [Royal Society] | 11 August 1910 |
| NLB/43/44/2 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Robert Edmund] Froude, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 October 1910 |
| MC/25/87 | Letter from [Robert Edmund] Froude, North Lodge, Alverstoke, Gosport, to [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society] | 2 November 1910 |