Herbert F. Stockdale

Herbert Fitton Stockdale FRSE LLD (1865–1951) was a 19th/20th century British university administrator.

Life

He was born in Ravensthorpe in Yorkshire on 13 January 1865 and educated in the Boothroyd School.

In 1889, at age 21, he became Assistant secretary at the College of Science in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (linked to Durham University), becoming Secretary in 1891. In 1899, he became Secretary and Treasurer to the Royal Technical College in Glasgow (later renamed Strathclyde University) where he rose ro be Director of the College in 1903. At this time he was living at "Clairinch" in Milngavie.[1]

In 1902, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Magnus Maclean, Sir Francis Grant Ogilvie, Sir Robert Pullar and Frank Watson Young. In 1919 he was awarded an honorary doctorate (LLD) by Glasgow University.[2]

By 1910, he had moved to Helensburgh, naming his home again Clairinch after his previous house.[3]

In 1916, he wrote the obituary for Eugene Bourdon but his connection is unclear.[4]

In 1923, he became a Member of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow.[5]

He retired in 1933, and died at home in Helensburgh on 28 December 1951 aged 86.[6]

The Herbert Stockdale Papers now form part of the University of Strathclyde's collections.[7]

Family

In 1894, he married Helen Steven, daughter of Andrew Steven of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[8]

Artistic portrayal

He was portrayed by Francis Henry Newbery around 1920.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Glasgow Post Office directory 1900
  2. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1910
  4. ↑ Goold, David. "Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (September 27, 2018, 8:19 pm)". www.scottisharchitects.org.uk.
  5. ↑ Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow 1923
  6. ↑ The Chemical Age (journal) vol 66, 1952
  7. ↑ "University of Strathclyde Archives". strathclyde.ica-atom.org.
  8. ↑ "Herbert Fitton Stockdale". www.glasgowwestaddress.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Herbert Fitton Stockdale (1868–1951) - Art UK". www.artuk.org.
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