South Wales Institute of Engineers was founded in 1857 as a learned society for engineers and scientists in the area, arranging lectures and publishing the Proceedings of the South Wales Institute of Engineers. William Menelaus founded the organisation at a meeting at the Castle Hotel, Merthyr, and became its first president. In 2007, the body was re-constituted as South Wales Institute of Engineers Educational Trust 2007 (SWIEET2007).
Founded | 1857 |
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Type | registered charity |
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Area served | South Wales |
Website | http://www.swieet2007.org.uk/default.asp |
Amongst eminent presidents was Edmund Mills Hann who was also only the second recipient of the institute's Gold Medal which was established in 1904.[1]
References
edit- ^ The South Wales Institute of Engineers Proceedings Volume XXIX, 1913 pxxxiv (copy consulted at North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers 26 November 2013)