Life
Hele-Shaw was born in London in 1854. He was the first holder of the Harrison Chair of Engineering at Liverpool University College, and also a Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1923 Hele-Shaw founded the Whitworth Society. It still exists and provides an informal contact between all ages of Whitworth scholar and a means to promote engineering in the UK. The aim of the society is to bring closer those who have benefited from Sir Joseph Whitworth's generosity.
He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Certificate of Merit in 1933.
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