William Charles Kernot

William Charles Kernot
Born(1845-06-16)16 June 1845
Rochford, Essex, England
Died14 March 1909(1909-03-14) (aged 63)
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
EducationUniversity of Melbourne
OccupationEngineer

William Charles Kernot (16 June 1845 – 14 March 1909), was an Australian engineer, first professor of engineering at the University of Melbourne and president of the Royal Society of Victoria.

Early life and family

William Charles Kernot, eldest son of Charles Kernot,[1] chemist, formerly member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Geelong, was born at Rochford, Essex, England. Kernot migrated to Australia with his family in 1851[1] and was educated at the National Grammar School, Geelong, and matriculated at the University of Melbourne in 1861. He qualified for the degree of M.A. in 1864 and entered the Victorian mining department in 1865. He also qualified as a civil engineer in 1866.

Commercial career

In 1867 joined the water-supply department, and in 1868 was appointed a lecturer in civil engineering at the University of Melbourne. He left the water-supply department in 1875, and during the next three years acted as consulting engineer to Louis Brennan in connexion with his torpedo. In 1882 Kernot became chairman of directors of the first company to introduce electric lighting to Melbourne.

Academic career

From 1 January 1883, Kernot was the first professor of engineering at the University of Melbourne. When he started there was little in the way of either buildings or equipment, but during the following 26 years he worked up a fine engineering school, and was an inspiring teacher and friend to the many students who qualified for engineering degrees during this period. In 1887 he gave £2,000 to the university to found scholarships in natural philosophy and chemistry, and in 1893 gave £1,000 for the fittings for the metallurgical laboratory.

Kernot also assisted Francis Ormond in the organization of the Working Men's College of Melbourne, and was president of this institution from 1889 to 1899. Kernot was president of the Royal Society of Victoria 1895-1900[2] and of the Victorian Society of Engineers in 1897-8 and 1906-7.

Kernot wrote many papers for technical journals; an important work was On Some Common Errors in Iron Bridge Design, which appeared in 1898, an enlarged second edition was published in 1906. A younger brother, Wilfred Noyce Kernot, born in 1868, was for many years a lecturer at the University of Melbourne, and from 1932 to 1936 was professor of engineering.

Personal life

Kernot was president of the Wallaby Club in 1901.[3] He was also interested in astronomy, member of the British Astronomical Association from 26 May 1897 until his death.[4]

Late life and legacy

Kernot died at Parkville, Victoria on 14 March 1909.[5] He never married.

The Kernot Memorial Medal, awarded to Australian engineers, was instituted in his honour.

References

  1. ^ a b S. Murray-Smith, "Kernot, William Charles (1845 - 1909"), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp. 20-22. Retrieved 23 August 2009
  2. ^ Presidents of the Royal Society
  3. ^ "Kernot, W.C. ( - 1909)". Wallaby Club. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ^ Journal British Astronomical Association, vol. 7
  5. ^ "Brevities". The Evening News. Sydney. 15 March 1909. p. 1. Retrieved 22 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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