George Frederick Armstrong

George Frederick Armstrong, post-nominals|post-noms= MA FGS FRSSA

Early life and education

Armstrong was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England on 15 May 1842.

Regius Professor In 1885, Armstrong (who was of Scottish descent) was appointed by the Crown to become the second Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, a post which he held until his death. Perhaps under the influence of writer Charles Kingsley, Armstrong inaugurated courses on sanitary engineering for the benefit of the medical students studying public health. He was succeeded as Regius Professor by Thomas Hudson Beare and was buried in his village at St. Oswald's Church. Inaugural lecture of the Department of Practical Science in McGill University, Montreal, delivered in the William Molson Hall, Monday, 19 February 1872 On the Diurnal Variation in the Amount of Carbon Dioxide in the Air