| Authorised form of name | Pole; William (1814 - 1900) |
| Dates | 1814 - 1900 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
| Date of birth | 22 April 1814 |
| Place of death | His residence, 9 Stanhope Place, London |
| Date of death | 30/12/1900 |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Research field | Music |
| Astronomy |
| Activity | Education:
Mus Doc (1867, Oxford)
Career:
Articled to an engineer; Consulting engineer, Westminster; Professor of Engineering, Elphinstone College, Bombay (1844-1847); returned to England and was Consulting Engineer to the Government and other bodies; Professor of Civil Engineering, University College, London (1857) Lecturer at the Royal Engineer Establishment, Chatham; Member of the Government Commission on the use of Iron for War Purposes; was colour blind; wrote on the game of whist
Memberships:
FRAS; FGS; MICE (1840)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/06/1861 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1875-1876, 1888-1889 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 117-120 signed by J W S
References:
T M Charlton, 'Contributions to the Science of Bridge-Building in the Nineteenth Century by Henry Moseley, Hon.Ll.D., FRS and William Pole, D.Mus., FRS' in NR 1975-6 vol 30 pp 169-179 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/25386286 |
| Royal Society code | NA8271 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MM/21/76 | Letter from William Pole to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 29 December 1879 |
| IM/003616 | Pole, William | nd |
| RR/7/35 | Letter from William Pole, on a paper 'On the theory of continuous beams' by John Mortimer Heppel | 16 June 1870 |
| NLB/3/303 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr William Pole, Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 May 1889 |
| NLB/3/875 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr William Pole, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 31 October 1889 |
| NLB/10/199 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Pole, Fellow of the Royal Society, 9 Stanhope Place, Connaught Square, W. | 19 October 1894 |
| NLB/14/417 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Pole, Fellow of the Royal Society | 8 March 1897 |
| NLB/21/178 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Pole, Fellow of the Royal Society | 18 September 1900 |
| RR/7/34 | Referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'On the theory of continuous beams' by John Mortimer Heppel | 24 March 1870 |
| RR/8/41 | Referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'On friction between surfaces moving at low speeds' by Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin and James Alfred Ewing | 14 May 1877 |
| RR/10/272 | Referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'On the conditions for effective scour in drain-pipes of circular section' by Henry Hennessy | 6 April 1889 |
| RR/10/351 | Referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'Investigations into the effects of training walls in an estuary like the Mersey' by Augustus George Vernon Harcourt | 8 February 1890 |
| RR/10/273 | Second referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'On the conditions for effective scour in drain-pipes of circular section' by Henry Hennessy | 18 May 1889 |
| NLB/65/54 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Lord Rayleigh [Robert John Strutt], FRS | 19 July 1923 |
| NLB/19/831 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society | 3 January 1900 |
| EC/1861/11 | Pole, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/8/1 | Referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'On the Hindoo [Hindu] division of the octave, with some additions to the theory of the higher orders' by Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet | 17 March 1877 |
| RR/8/6 | Second referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'On the Hindoo [Hindu] division of the octave, with some additions to the theory of the higher orders' by Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet | 14 May 1877 |
| MC/12/129 | Letter from William Pole, 31 Parliament Street, Westminster, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House | 6 December 1880 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| RR/6/244 | Referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'On the relation of form and dimensions to weight of material in the construction of iron-clad ships' by Edward James Reed | 3 April 1868 |
| RR/7/241 | Referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'On the durability and preservation of iron ships, and on riveted joints' by William Fairbairn | 21 June 1873 |
| RR/10/269 | Second referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'The principles of training rivers through tidal estuaries, as illustrated by investigations into the methods of improving the navigation channels of the estuary of the Seine' by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt | 24 January 1889 |
| RR/5/74 | Referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'Experiments to determine the effect of impact, vibratory action, and long-continued changes of load on wrought-iron girders' by William Fairbairn | 16 April 1864 |
| RR/7/361 | Referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'The theory of the division of the octave, and the practic treatment of the musical systems thus obtained. Revised version of a paper entitled 'On just intonation in music with a description of a new instrument for the easy control systems of tuning other than the equal temperament of 1 divisions in the octave' by Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet | 16 January 1875 |
| RR/7/362 | Referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'The theory of the division of the octave, and the practic treatment of the musical systems thus obtained. Revised version of a paper entitled 'On just intonation in music with a description of a new instrument for the easy control systems of tuning other than the equal temperament of 1 divisions in the octave' by Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet | 9 February 1875 |
| RR/10/268 | Referee's report by William Pole, on a paper 'The principles of training rivers through tidal estuaries, as illustrated by investigations into the methods of improving the navigation channels of the estuary of the Seine' by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt | 6 December 1888 |
| MS/625 | Material relating to papers on colour blindness by Sir William Pole | 1856-1893 |
| MS/625/1 | Manuscript paper 'On Colour Blindness' prepared by Sir William Pole | 1856 |
| MS/625/2 | Report on William Pole's paper 'On Colour Blindness' By Sir John Herschel | [1856] |
| MS/625/3 | Original diagrams for paper 'On Colour Blindness' prepared by Sir William Pole | 1859 |
| MS/625/5 | Printed paper 'On the Present State of Knowledge and Opinion in Regard to Colour Blindness' by Sir William Pole | 1893 |
| MS/625/4 | Printed paper 'On Colour Blindness' by Sir William Pole | 1859 |
| MC/15/330 | Letter from William Pole, to Herbert Rix, The Royal Society, Burlington House | 17 December 1892 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |
| MC/29/119 | Letter from James Heffernan, 43 Manor Road, Liscard, Cheshire, to The Secretary of the Royal Society | 16 February 1914 |