Sir James Blacklock Henderson

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(5 March 1871 – 7 April 1950) was a Scottish inventor, naval architect, and professor of applied mechanics. Born the eldest son of James Henderson, headmaster of Whitehall School, Glasgow, James B. Henderson was educated by his father and at

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in Glasgow and then at the

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and the

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. From 1894 to 1898, he was a lecturer in physics at Yorkshire College, Leeds. From 1898 to 1901, he was head of the scientific department at

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, Glasgow. In 1898, he married Annie Margaret Henderson. From 1901 to 1905, he was a lecturer on electrical engineering and a university assistant in engineering at Glasgow University. In 1905, he was appointed a Professor of Applied Mechanics at the

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. He was the author of many scientific papers published in the

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and several other academic journals. His knighthood was announced on 1 January 1920 and conferred at Buckingham Palace on 25 June 1920. He was an Invited Speaker of the

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in 1924 at Toronto. In 1928, Henderson was nominated a member of the Second Class of The

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of Japan for his part in training Japanese naval officers at Greenwich. This was noted in 'The Collected Papers of

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Vol 1., who was nominated at the same time.

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Sir James Blacklock Henderson (1871–1950), Professor of Applied Mathematics, National Portrait Gallery
{{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, James Blacklock 1871 births British naval architects 1950 deaths 19th-century Scottish engineers 20th-century British engineers Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knights Bachelor Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure