Andrew Robertson

Andrew Robertson FRS D.Sc. MIMechE, MICE, Wh.E x (30 January 1883 in Lancashire – 22 October 1977) was a British mechanical engineer.

Education He was the son of a marine engineer and was apprenticed at his father's works - J. Robertson & Sons in Fleetwood, Lancashire. He was a graduate of the University of Manchester, with a first-class honours degree, a Fairbairn engineering prize and a Whitworth Exhibitioner in 1904.

Career and research He was a demonstrator and tutor at the university. He investigated mild steel with Gilbert Cook. During World War I, he worked at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough Airfield.

He was appointed Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol. In 1924, he was elected Principal of the college and dean of the faculty. A room is named for him at Bristol University.

Awards and honours Robertson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1940.

Robertson was a Whitworth Exhibitioner in 1904, and later went on to be President of the Whitworth Society in 1947.