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Francis Elgar, the Glossary

Prof Francis Elgar FRS FRSE LLD (1845 – 17 January 1909), naval architect, born at Portsmouth on 24 April 1845, was eldest son of nine children of Francis Ancell Elgar, who was employed at Portsmouth dockyard, by his wife Susanna Chalkley.^[1]

22 relations: Board of Trade, Cammell Laird, Department of the Director of Dockyards, Earle's Shipbuilding, Edward Reed (naval architect), Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Highgate Cemetery, HMNB Portsmouth, Institution of Civil Engineers, John Elder (shipbuilder), Monte Carlo, Naval architecture, Portsmouth, Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Royal School of Naval Architecture, Royal Society of Arts, Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame, South Kensington, SS Daphne (1883), University of Glasgow.
18th-century British engineers
Architects from Portsmouth
Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame inductees

Board of Trade

The Board of Trade is a British government body concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for Business and Trade.

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Cammell Laird

Cammell Laird is a British shipbuilding company.

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Department of the Director of Dockyards

The Department of the Director of Dockyards, also known as the Dockyard Branch and later as the Dockyards and Fleet Maintenance Department, was the British Admiralty department responsible from 1872 to 1964 for civil administration of dockyards, the building of ships, the maintenance and repair of ships at dockyards and factories, and the supervision of all civil dockyard personnel.

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Earle's Shipbuilding

Earle's Shipbuilding was an engineering company that was based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1845 to 1932.

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Edward Reed (naval architect)

Sir Edward James Reed, KCB, FRS (20 September 1830 – 30 November 1906) was a British naval architect, author, politician, and railroad magnate. Francis Elgar and Edward Reed (naval architect) are 19th-century British businesspeople and British naval architects.

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Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, was a Scottish shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science, and medical science".

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Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".

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Highgate Cemetery

Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in north London, England, designed by architect Stephen Geary. Francis Elgar and Highgate Cemetery are burials at Highgate Cemetery.

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HMNB Portsmouth

His Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth (HMNB Portsmouth) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Devonport).

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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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John Elder (shipbuilder)

John Elder (8 March 1824 – 17 September 1869) was a Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder. Francis Elgar and John Elder (shipbuilder) are British naval architects and Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame inductees.

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Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo (Monte-Carlo,; or colloquially Monte-Carl,; Munte Carlu) is an official administrative area of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is located.

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Naval architecture

Naval architecture, or naval engineering, is an engineering discipline incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software and safety engineering as applied to the engineering design process, shipbuilding, maintenance, and operation of marine vessels and structures.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.

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Royal Institution of Naval Architects

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (also known as RINA) is a professional institution and global governing body for naval architecture and maritime engineering.

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Royal School of Naval Architecture

The first School of Naval Architecture opened in 1811 in Portsmouth.

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Royal Society of Arts

The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), is a London-based organisation.

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Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame

The Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame honours "those engineers from, or closely associated with, Scotland who have achieved, or deserve to achieve, greatness", as selected by an independent panel representing Scottish engineering institutions, academies, museums and archiving organisations.

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References

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