William Ernest Dalby, 1862-1936

Abstract

Wiliam Ernest Dalby, Emeritus Professor of Engineering in the University of London , died at his home at Ealing on 25 June, 1936, at the age of 73. He was elected a Fellow in 1913 and served on the Council during the year 1924. Dalby, who was born in London on 21 December, 1862, was only eight years old when his father died,and his mother in the years which followed had a hard task to maintain the home and educate a family of three young boys. In consequence of these straitened circumstances, he entered the Stratford works of the Great Eastern Railway when he was only 14 years of age, and, although in the next few years the works claimed his energies from 6 a.m . to 5.30 p.m., he contrived to educate him self by diligent attendance at evening classes.