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'''Robert Henry Bow''' [[FRSE]] (1832–1908) was a Scottish civil engineer and photographer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/fellowship/all_fellows.pdf|title=Former RSE Fellows 1783-2002|publisher=Royal Society of Edinburgh|accessdate=31 March 2010}}</ref> Bow worked with [[Edward Sang]] and [[Thomas Bouch]], and his textbooks ''Economics of Construction in Relation to Framed Structures'' (1871) and ''Treatise on Bracing in relation to Bridges and other Structures'' (1874) drew on calculations he had conducted for Bouch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semp.us/publications/biot_reader.php?BiotID=489 |title=Firth of Tay Bridge Disaster 1879 |publisher=Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP) |accessdate=19 September 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20091009103324/http://www.semp.us/publications/biot_reader.php?BiotID=489 |archivedate=9 October 2009 }}</ref>
'''Robert Henry Bow''' [[FRSE]] (1827–1909) was a Scottish civil engineer and photographer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/fellowship/all_fellows.pdf|title=Former RSE Fellows 1783-2002|publisher=Royal Society of Edinburgh|access-date=31 March 2010}}</ref>


==Life==
He was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] in 1869, his proposer being [[Edward Sang]]<ref>https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf</ref> His address was then 7 South Gray Street on the south side of [[Edinburgh]].<ref>http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8367042</ref>
He was born in [[Alnwick]] on 27 January 1827.<ref name="historiccamera">{{cite web|url=http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=2759&|title=Robert Henry Bow at Historic Camera – History Librarium|website=historiccamera.com|access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref>

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Bow worked with [[Edward Sang]] and [[Thomas Bouch]], and his textbooks ''Economics of Construction in Relation to Framed Structures'' (1871) and ''Treatise on Bracing in relation to Bridges and other Structures'' (1874) drew on calculations he had conducted for Bouch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semp.us/publications/biot_reader.php?BiotID=489 |title=Firth of Tay Bridge Disaster 1879 |publisher=Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP) |access-date=19 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009103324/http://www.semp.us/publications/biot_reader.php?BiotID=489 |archive-date=9 October 2009 }}</ref>

In the 1860s he became fascinated with stereoscopic photography.<ref name="historiccamera"/>

He was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] in 1869, his proposer being [[Edward Sang]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |title=Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) |author=C D Waterston |author2=A Macmillan Shearer |website=[[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] |isbn=090219884X |date=July 2006 |access-date=18 September 2015 |archive-date=24 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> His address was then 7 South Gray Street on the south side of [[Edinburgh]].<ref name="cambridge">{{cite journal|title=List of the Ordinary Fellows of the Society|journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|date=17 January 2013|volume=26|issue=1|pages=xi–xiii|doi=10.1017/S008045680002648X|s2cid=251579034 }}</ref>

He died at 7 South Gray Street<ref>Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1908-9</ref> on 17 February 1909 is buried in the grave of his brother Dr John Campbell Bow (1825–1877) in the [[Grange, Edinburgh|Grange Cemetery]] in southern Edinburgh. The grave lies on the main east–west spine of the south-east section.


==References==
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Latest revision as of 05:24, 11 June 2023

The grave of Robert Henry Bow, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh

Robert Henry Bow FRSE (1827–1909) was a Scottish civil engineer and photographer.[1]

Life

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He was born in Alnwick on 27 January 1827.[2]

Bow worked with Edward Sang and Thomas Bouch, and his textbooks Economics of Construction in Relation to Framed Structures (1871) and Treatise on Bracing in relation to Bridges and other Structures (1874) drew on calculations he had conducted for Bouch.[3]

In the 1860s he became fascinated with stereoscopic photography.[2]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1869, his proposer being Edward Sang[4] His address was then 7 South Gray Street on the south side of Edinburgh.[5]

He died at 7 South Gray Street[6] on 17 February 1909 is buried in the grave of his brother Dr John Campbell Bow (1825–1877) in the Grange Cemetery in southern Edinburgh. The grave lies on the main east–west spine of the south-east section.

References

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  1. ^ "Former RSE Fellows 1783-2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Robert Henry Bow at Historic Camera – History Librarium". historiccamera.com. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Firth of Tay Bridge Disaster 1879". Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP). Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  4. ^ C D Waterston; A Macmillan Shearer (July 2006). Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) (PDF). ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "List of the Ordinary Fellows of the Society". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 26 (1): xi–xiii. 17 January 2013. doi:10.1017/S008045680002648X. S2CID 251579034.
  6. ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1908-9

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