Academic, soldier, and author
Donald Portway (28 June 1887 - 19 March 1979) was a British academic , soldier and author.[ 1]
Portway was educated at Felsted School and Downing College, Cambridge . He was an assistant master at Britannia Royal Naval College , Dartmouth from 1912 to 1914 when he joined the Royal Engineers . In 1918 he became a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge . In 1919 he became a lecturer in Engineering at the university . He was subsequently Tutor , Senior Tutor and President of St Catharine's before becoming its Master [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Khartoum from 1957 until his retirement in 1961.[ 5]
References
^ Amongst others he wrote "Examples in Elementary Engineering", 1937; "Science and Mechanization in Land Warfare", 1938; "Military Science To-day", 1940; "Talks to Future Officers", 1941; "The Quest of Leadership", 1945; "Korea, the Land of Morning Calm", 1953; "Militant Don", 1963; and "Memoirs of an Academic Old Contemptible", 1971> British Library web site accessed 16 December 2018
^ Masters of St Catherine's ^ 'St. Catherine's College Mastership' The Times (London, England), Friday, Mar 29, 1946; pg. 4; Issue 50413
^ 'St. Catharine's College Mastership' The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 11, 1957; pg. 10; Issue 53786
^ "Portway, Donald" Who's Who & Who Was Who 1920– 2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 1 November 2020 .(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
