Papers of Professor William John Goudie, 1868-1945, James Watt Chair of Mechanical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

• First class certificate in the elementary stage of steam awarded by the committee of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on Education, Science and Art Department, London, 1886;
• First class certificate in elementary stage of Theoretical Mechanics awarded as above, 1888;
• Certificate in singing awarded by the Glasgow Athenaeum School of Music, 1891;
• Certificate of proficiency in Engineering Science awarded by University of Glasgow, 1895;
• Licence to practise as a Brigand awarded by the Most Excellent Respectable Learned Temperate Assiduous and Ancient Society of Brigands, 1918;
• Associate Membership certificate of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1919;
• DSc degree scroll awarded by University of Glasgow, 1919;
• Membership certificate of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1931;
• PhD degree scroll awarded by University of Glasgow.

William John Goudie was born on 6 November 1868  in Girvan, South Ayrshire. His father was a grocer. He was educated at Girvan Parish School and Kilmarnock Academy, East Ayrshire. He went on to study at the University of Glasgow . He graduated BSc 1895  , DSc 1919  , and LLD 1939  . Whilst at the University of Glasgow he became involved in the University Orchestral Society. He trained as a mechanical engineer in the works of the Glasgow & South Western Railway Co , Kilmarnock. In 1884  he gained experience in a marine consulting engineer's service. In 1907  he became an assistant professor at University College London , England. In 1919  he was appointed as the professor of Theory and Practice of Heat Engines (James Watt Chair) for the University of Glasgow; the title was later changed to the James Watt Chair of Mechanical Engineering. He held this post until 1938  . His publications include: Steam Turbines (1922), and various papers in the technical press. He died on the 4 October 1945  .

Source: Who's Who , (1929, London)

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GB 0248 UGD 8/8 Glasgow & South Western Railway GB 0247 MS Gen 1067 William John Goudie. Reminiscences of Glasgow University Orchestral Society from session 1922-23 to session 1942-43 (University of Glasgow Library Special Collections)

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