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Charles Husband

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Sir Henry Charles Husband (30 October 1908 – 7 October 1983), often known as H. C. Husband, was a leading British civil and consulting engineer from Sheffield, England, who designed bridges and other major civil engineering works. [1]

58 relations: American Society of Civil Engineers, Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealand, Bernard Lovell, Britannia Bridge, British Iron and Steel Research Association, Ceylinco Consolidated, Christopher Paine, Churchill Hospital, Civil engineer, Cobalt therapy, Colombo, Cosmic ray, Derbyshire, Dictionary of National Biography, Emporis, Engineering Council, External beam radiotherapy, Frank Ellis (radiologist), General Post Office, Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers, Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, Grindleford, Helipad, Holmes Chapel, Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Institution of Structural Engineers, Jodrell Bank Observatory, King Edward VII School, Sheffield, Listed building, Lovell Telescope, Menai Strait, Ministry of Labour (United Kingdom), Ministry of Works (United Kingdom), Mott MacDonald, National Coal Board, Notes and Records, Order of the British Empire, Owen Williams (engineer), Oxford, Radar, Radio telescope, Radiology, Robert Stephenson, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Medal, Royal Society, Sheffield, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Engineer (magazine), ..., The Guardian, The Independent, University of Bradford, University of Manchester, University of Sheffield, Who's Who (UK), Wilhelm Exner Medal, Wind tunnel. Expand index (8 more) »

American Society of Civil Engineers

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a tax-exempt professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide.

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Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealand

The Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealand (ACENZ) is New Zealand's main business association representing engineers providing consultancy services in a wide range of disciplines.

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Bernard Lovell

Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell (31 August 19136 August 2012) was an English physicist and radio astronomer.

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Britannia Bridge

Britannia Bridge (Pont Britannia) is a bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales.

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British Iron and Steel Research Association

The British Iron and Steel Research Association or BISRA, formed in 1944, was the research arm of the British steel industry.

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Ceylinco Consolidated

Ceylinco Consolidated is one of Sri Lanka's oldest and largest business conglomerates.

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Christopher Paine

Sir Christopher Hammon Paine FRCP FRCR (born 28 August 1935) is a British medical doctor.

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Churchill Hospital

The Churchill Hospital is a teaching hospital in Oxford, England.

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Civil engineer

A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.

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Cobalt therapy

Cobalt therapy or cobalt-60 therapy is the medical use of gamma rays from the radioisotope cobalt-60 to treat conditions such as cancer.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

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Cosmic ray

Cosmic rays are high-energy radiation, mainly originating outside the Solar System and even from distant galaxies.

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Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885.

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Emporis

Emporis GmbH is a real estate data mining company with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.

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Engineering Council

The Engineering Council (formerly Engineering Council UK) is Britain's regulatory authority for registration of Chartered and Incorporated engineers and technicians, holding a register of these and providing advice to students, engineers, employers and academic institutions on the standards for registration and procedures for registration.

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External beam radiotherapy

External beam radiotherapy (EBRT) or teletherapy is the most common form of radiotherapy (radiation therapy).

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Frank Ellis (radiologist)

Frank Ellis (22 August 1905 – 3 February 2006) was a world leader in the treatment of cancer by radiation therapy.

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General Post Office

The General Post Office (GPO) was officially established in England in 1660 by Charles II and it eventually grew to combine the functions of state postal system and telecommunications carrier.

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Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers

The Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers is awarded by the Institution for exceptional and outstanding contributions to the advancement of structural engineering.

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Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station

Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a large radiocommunication site located on Goonhilly Downs near Helston on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England.

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Grindleford

Grindleford is a village and civil parish in the county of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England.

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Helipad

A helipad is a landing area or platform for helicopters and powered lift aircraft.

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Holmes Chapel

Holmes Chapel is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

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Institution of Civil Engineers

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom.

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Institution of Mechanical Engineers

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is an independent professional association, and learned society headquartered in central London, that represents mechanical engineers and the engineering profession.

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Institution of Structural Engineers

The Institution of Structural Engineers is a professional body for structural engineering based in the United Kingdom.

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Jodrell Bank Observatory

The Jodrell Bank Observatory (originally the Jodrell Bank Experimental Station, then the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories from 1966 to 1999) is a British observatory that hosts a number of radio telescopes, and is part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester.

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King Edward VII School, Sheffield

King Edward VII School (KES) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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Lovell Telescope

The Lovell Telescope is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire in the north-west of England.

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Menai Strait

The Menai Strait (Afon Menai, the "River Menai") is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales.

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Ministry of Labour (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Labour was a British government department established by the New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916.

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Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Works was a department of the UK Government formed in 1943, during World War II, to organise the requisitioning of property for wartime use.

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Mott MacDonald

The Mott MacDonald Group is a consultancy with headquarters in the United Kingdom.

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National Coal Board

The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom.

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Notes and Records

Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science is an international, quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal which publishes original research in the history of science, technology, and medicine.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Owen Williams (engineer)

Sir Evan Owen Williams (20 March 1890 – 23 May 1969) was a British engineer and architect, known for being the principal engineer for Gravelly Hill Interchange (known popularly as Spaghetti Junction) as well as a number of key modernist buildings, including the Express Building in Manchester and Boots D10 Building in Nottingham.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.

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Radar

Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects.

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Radio telescope

A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to receive radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky in radio astronomy.

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Radiology

Radiology is the science that uses medical imaging to diagnose and sometimes also treat diseases within the body.

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Robert Stephenson

Robert Stephenson FRS (16 October 1803 – 12 October 1859) was an early railway and civil engineer.

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Royal Academy of Engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the UK’s national academy of engineering.

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Royal Medal

A Royal Medal, known also as The King's Medal or The Queen's Medal, depending on the gender of the monarch at the time of the award, is a silver-gilt medal, of which three are awarded each year by the Royal Society, two for "the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge" and one for "distinguished contributions in the applied sciences", done within the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Royal Society

The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England.

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British-American epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai (1952) by Pierre Boulle.

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The Engineer (magazine)

The Engineer is a London-based monthly magazine covering the latest developments and business news in engineering and technology in the UK and internationally.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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University of Bradford

The University of Bradford is a public, plate glass university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

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University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university in Manchester, England, formed in 2004 by the merger of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and the Victoria University of Manchester.

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University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

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Who's Who (UK)

Who's Who is a leading source of biographical data on more than 33,000 influential people from around the world.

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Wilhelm Exner Medal

The Wilhelm Exner Medal has been awarded by the Austrian Industry Association, Österreichischer Gewerbeverein (ÖGV), for excellence in research and science since 1921.

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Wind tunnel

A wind tunnel is a tool used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving past solid objects.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Husband

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