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Royal School of Mines

January 01, 1970

The Royal School of Mines comprises the departments of Earth Science and Engineering, and Materials at Imperial College London. The Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics and parts of the London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Bioengineering are also housed within the building.[1] The school as an organisation no longer exists, having been incorporated into the Faculty of Engineering since 2003.[2] Today the Royal School of Mines refers to both the departments associated with the former school, and the Grade II listed Edwardian building by Sir Aston Webb, which is viewed as a classic of academic architecture.[3] The building and relevant student union still carry the name.

Royal School of Mines
TypePublic
Established1851; 173 years ago (1851) (1907 as part of Imperial College)
Parent institution
Imperial College London
Studentsapprox. 800
Location
Prince Consort Road, London
,
UK

51°29′59″N 0°10′33″W / 51.499796°N 0.175699°W / 51.499796; -0.175699
CampusUrban
Colours
AffiliationsImperial College Faculty of Engineering
Websitewww.union.ic.ac.uk/rsm/exec

History edit

The Royal School of Mines was established in 1851,[4] as the Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts. The School developed from the Museum of Economic Geology, a collection of minerals, maps and mining equipment made by Sir Henry De la Beche, and opened in 1841. The museum also provided some student places for the study of mineralogy and metallurgy. Sir Henry was the director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and when the collections outgrew the premises the museum and the survey were placed on an official footing, with government assistance.[citation needed]

The Museum of Practical Geology and the Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts opened in a purpose-designed building in Jermyn Street in 1851. The officers of the Geological Survey became the lecturers and professors of the School of Mines. The Royal College of Chemistry was merged into it in 1853. The name was changed in 1863 to the Royal School of Mines, and was moved to South Kensington in 1872. In 1907, the school was incorporated into Imperial College of Science and Technology, but retained its own identity as a "constituent college".[citation needed]

In 2001 it was announced Imperial was to transition from a constituent college structure to a faculty structure, a move that was completed in 2003.[5][2] The last Dean of the Royal School of Mines was Professor John Monhemius before the position was abolished. The Royal School of Mines has since come to refer to both the building in which former school was housed, as are its departments still today, and the student body representing students within those departments.[6]

Building edit

 
Goldsmith's Extension on the corner of Exhibition Road

Designed by Sir Aston Webb, the RSM building is classical in style with ionic pilasters.[7] It was erected between 1909 and 1913 specifically to house the school, which was previously resident in the Huxley Building on Exhibition Road, now the Henry Cole Wing of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The foundation stone was laid by King Edward VII on 8 July 1909.

The RSM was the last of many buildings that Webb designed for the Albertopolis area (including the Cromwell Road frontage of the V&A) and, some would argue, his least resolved. Constructed in Portland stone, the entrance is formed by a three-storey, semicircular niche, flanked by two memorials (sculpted by Paul Raphael Montford, 1916–1920) to Alfred Beit and Julius Wernher who were major benefactors to the school.[7] The western wing of the building is named after Webb, while the eastern end is named after the Goldsmiths' Company who helped to finance the building of the RSM.

In film edit

The distinctively Edwardian and academic styling cues used in the building's architecture have led to the RSM appearing in a number of film and television productions:

Students' Union edit

 
Main Entrance Hall

The RSM Union represents the interests and organises events for the students studying at the departments associated with the Royal School of Mines. It is part of the wider college union, and has a formal constitution guiding its activities around:

  • The furthering of the interests of the members and the status of the RSM
  • The promotion of sport within the RSM
  • The promotion of interest in all aspects of geology and materials science
  • The promotion of social intercourse among its members

The union runs sports teams, societies and events which span the academic year from October to July. The highlight of the sporting and social calendar is the annual Bottle Match against Camborne School of Mines, the second oldest rugby varsity match in the world.[8]

The RSM Union is also responsible for looking after the RSM Mascots, Davy and Clementine II. Davy is a 3-foot (0.91 m) tall, 130-pound (60 kg) davy lamp, a type of mining lamp, and has been a mascot since 1965.[9] Clementine II is a 1926 Morris T-Type One Ton Truck, bought by the RSM Union in 1960 to replace their previous motorised mascot Clementine I, a 1919 Aveling and Porter Traction Engine.[10]

People edit

Through societies such as the RSM Association and the Chaps Club, the RSM maintains a strong alumni network in the global mining community.[11]

Alumni and professors edit

 
Henry Thomas de la Beche
 
Richard Dixon Oldham

List of deans edit

Before it was incorporated into the Faculty of Engineering, the school was led by a dean. The deans were:[15]

  • 1943–45 : Herbert Harold Read FRS
  • 1945–47 : William Richard Jones
  • 1947–49 : John Anthony Sydney Ritson
  • 1950–51 : Cecil William Dannatt
  • 1952–59 : David Williams
  • 1959–62 : James Cecil Micheson
  • 1962–65 : John Geoffrey Ball
  • 1965–68 : John Sutton FRS
  • 1968–71 : Marston Grieg Fleming FREng
  • 1971–74 : John Geoffrey Ball (2nd term)
  • 1974–77 : John Sutton FRS (2nd term)
  • 1977–80 : Peter Lynn Pratt
  • 1980–83 : John Lawrence Knill
  • 1983–86 : Edwin Thomas Brown FREng
  • 1986–89 : David William Pashley FRS
  • 1989–91 : John Stuart Archer FREng
  • 1991–95 : Charles Timothy Shaw
  • 1995–98 : Rees David Rawlings
  • 1998–2000 : John Anthony Kilner
  • 2000–04 : Andrew John Monhemius

References edit

  1. ^ "Visit us | Imperial College London". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "A timeline of College developments". Imperial College London. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. ^ "ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES (IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)". Historic England. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  4. ^ "History of the RSM". Royal School of Mines Union website. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  5. ^ "New Faculty of Natural Sciences to be formed at Imperial College London". Imperial College London. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  6. ^ "About the RSM". Royal School of Mines Union website. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  7. ^ a b . Royal Institute of British Architects. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  8. ^ "History of the RSM". Royal School of Mines Union website. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  9. ^ "Davy". 11 February 2013.
  10. ^ "RSM Motor Club".
  11. ^ "History of the RSMA". Royal School of Mines Association website. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  12. ^ 'CRESWELL, Lt-Col Hon. Frederic Hugh Page', in Who Was Who 1941–1950 (London: A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2131-1)
  13. ^ "Passages: William Sefton Fyfe – C.C., FRS, FRS(C), FRS(NZ)". Geolog. 42 (4). Geological Association of Canada: 15–16. Winter 2014.
  14. ^ Arhin, Kwame, ed. The Papers of George Ekem Ferguson: A Fanti Official of the Government of the Gold Coast, 1890-1897. Leiden: Africka-Studiecentrum, 1974.
  15. ^ Hannah, Gay. History Of Imperial College London, 1907–2007. p. 752.

External links edit

  • RSM Union Online
  • RSM Association
  • Department of Earth Science
  • Department of Materials

January 01, 1970
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The Royal School of Mines comprises the departments of Earth Science and Engineering and Materials at Imperial College London The Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics and parts of the London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Bioengineering are also housed within the building 1 The school as an organisation no longer exists having been incorporated into the Faculty of Engineering since 2003 2 Today the Royal School of Mines refers to both the departments associated with the former school and the Grade II listed Edwardian building by Sir Aston Webb which is viewed as a classic of academic architecture 3 The building and relevant student union still carry the name Royal School of MinesFacade on Prince Consort RoadTypePublicEstablished1851 173 years ago 1851 1907 as part of Imperial College Parent institutionImperial College LondonStudentsapprox 800LocationPrince Consort Road London UK51 29 59 N 0 10 33 W 51 499796 N 0 175699 W 51 499796 0 175699CampusUrbanColours AffiliationsImperial College Faculty of EngineeringWebsitewww wbr union wbr ic wbr ac wbr uk wbr rsm wbr exec Contents 1 History 2 Building 2 1 In film 3 Students Union 4 People 4 1 Alumni and professors 4 2 List of deans 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe Royal School of Mines was established in 1851 4 as the Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts The School developed from the Museum of Economic Geology a collection of minerals maps and mining equipment made by Sir Henry De la Beche and opened in 1841 The museum also provided some student places for the study of mineralogy and metallurgy Sir Henry was the director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and when the collections outgrew the premises the museum and the survey were placed on an official footing with government assistance citation needed The Museum of Practical Geology and the Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts opened in a purpose designed building in Jermyn Street in 1851 The officers of the Geological Survey became the lecturers and professors of the School of Mines The Royal College of Chemistry was merged into it in 1853 The name was changed in 1863 to the Royal School of Mines and was moved to South Kensington in 1872 In 1907 the school was incorporated into Imperial College of Science and Technology but retained its own identity as a constituent college citation needed In 2001 it was announced Imperial was to transition from a constituent college structure to a faculty structure a move that was completed in 2003 5 2 The last Dean of the Royal School of Mines was Professor John Monhemius before the position was abolished The Royal School of Mines has since come to refer to both the building in which former school was housed as are its departments still today and the student body representing students within those departments 6 Building edit nbsp Goldsmith s Extension on the corner of Exhibition Road Designed by Sir Aston Webb the RSM building is classical in style with ionic pilasters 7 It was erected between 1909 and 1913 specifically to house the school which was previously resident in the Huxley Building on Exhibition Road now the Henry Cole Wing of the Victoria and Albert Museum The foundation stone was laid by King Edward VII on 8 July 1909 The RSM was the last of many buildings that Webb designed for the Albertopolis area including the Cromwell Road frontage of the V amp A and some would argue his least resolved Constructed in Portland stone the entrance is formed by a three storey semicircular niche flanked by two memorials sculpted by Paul Raphael Montford 1916 1920 to Alfred Beit and Julius Wernher who were major benefactors to the school 7 The western wing of the building is named after Webb while the eastern end is named after the Goldsmiths Company who helped to finance the building of the RSM In film edit The distinctively Edwardian and academic styling cues used in the building s architecture have led to the RSM appearing in a number of film and television productions 1965 The IPCRESS File Directed by Sidney J Furie and starring Michael Caine The protagonist walks into the RSM and is magically transported to the old Science Museum Library 1993 Agatha Christie s Poirot ITV television Appeared as the frontage and main entrance of Imperial College on Exhibition Road although the RSM is on Prince Consort Road off Exhibition Road in the episode The Underdog 1995 Jack and Sarah Directed by Tim Sullivan and starring Richard E Grant A wedding party exits from the front of the building pausing for photographs etc on the steps 1998 Sliding Doors Front entrance to the building is used as a registry office town hall for a wedding scene 2004 Hustle BBC television Generic university frontage briefly seen as an architecture student exits and is then approached by the main characters 2015 Kingsman Directed by Matthew Vaughn and starring Colin Firth Exterior and interiors used as the RSM building subsequently shown to be blown up in a later scene Students Union edit nbsp Main Entrance Hall The RSM Union represents the interests and organises events for the students studying at the departments associated with the Royal School of Mines It is part of the wider college union and has a formal constitution guiding its activities around The furthering of the interests of the members and the status of the RSM The promotion of sport within the RSM The promotion of interest in all aspects of geology and materials science The promotion of social intercourse among its members The union runs sports teams societies and events which span the academic year from October to July The highlight of the sporting and social calendar is the annual Bottle Match against Camborne School of Mines the second oldest rugby varsity match in the world 8 The RSM Union is also responsible for looking after the RSM Mascots Davy and Clementine II Davy is a 3 foot 0 91 m tall 130 pound 60 kg davy lamp a type of mining lamp and has been a mascot since 1965 9 Clementine II is a 1926 Morris T Type One Ton Truck bought by the RSM Union in 1960 to replace their previous motorised mascot Clementine I a 1919 Aveling and Porter Traction Engine 10 People editThrough societies such as the RSM Association and the Chaps Club the RSM maintains a strong alumni network in the global mining community 11 Alumni and professors edit nbsp Henry Thomas de la Beche nbsp Richard Dixon Oldham James Allen New Zealand politician and diplomat George Frederick Ansell author of a standard work on the Royal Mint Sir Henry De la Beche FRS founder of the British Geological Survey Peter Baxendell former managing director of Shell Fernando Benitez Spanish mining engineer main promoter and founding general manager of Chile s first state owned copper refinery located at Paipote Henry Francis Blanford meteorologist and palaeontologist Founding head of the India Meteorological Department William Thomas Blanford CIE FRS geologist zoologist and naturalist Geological Society Wollaston Medallist and president 1888 Henry Yorke Lyell Brown Australian exploration geologist noted for his work in Western Australia Sir C V Boys FRS experimental physicist Frederic Creswell mining engineer and Minister of Defence in South Africa 12 Edmund Daukoru Minister of Energy for Nigeria and former OPEC President 2006 Sir Edgeworth David FRS Welsh born Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer who led the first expedition to reach the Magnetic South Pole George E Davis pioneer in the field of chemical engineering George Mercer Dawson director of the Geological Survey of Canada 1895 1901 Robert Etheridge Junior Anglo Australian palaeontologist Andy Fanshawe mountaineer Sir Lewis Leigh Fermor igneous and metamorphic geologist former director of the Geological Survey of India and founding president of the Indian National Science Academy Peter Francis author and volcanologist Sir Edward Frankland FRS leading chemist and originator of the concept of valency Professor William Fyfe CC FRS FRSC FRSNZ eminent geochemist winner of 15 major medals including the Logan Medal the Wollaston Medal and the Roebling Medal 13 Sir Patrick Geddes FRSE biologist sociologist philanthropist and pioneering town planner Percy Gilchrist British chemist and metallurgist who devised a standard method of making steel with his cousin Sidney Gilchrist Thomas Professor William Gowland FRS British mining engineer and archaeologist Known as the Father of Japanese Archaeology Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhy Minister of Oil and Gas in the Sultanate of Oman Frank Hawthorne OC FRSC Canadian mineralogist and crystallographer Geological Association of Canada Logan Medallist Arthur Holmes British geologist and pioneer of radiometric rock dating Geological Society Wollaston Medallist and Geological Society of America Penrose Medallist Prof A K Huntington professor of metallurgy at King s College London 1879 1919 president of Institute of Metals 1913 1914 and aviation pioneer Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS Professor of Natural History 1854 1885 Comparative anatomist Darwin s Bulldog author of Man s place in nature John Wesley Judd president of the Geological Society 1886 1888 Ivan Kostov Nikolov Bulgarian mineralogist President of the International Mineralogical Association 1982 1986 Jeremy Leggett social entrepreneur and author Archibald Liversidge FRS English born Australian chemist founder of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Rilwanu Lukman KBE former secretary general of OPEC Rachel Lady MacRobert philanthropist and founder of the MacRobert Trust John Milne Established the first global seismic network and seismic hazard maps based on instrumental records Founder of the Seismological Society of Japan Lyell medallist 1894 and Royal medallist 1908 Sir Roderick Murchison KCB FRS Scottish geologist who first described and investigated the Silurian system Royal Society Copley Medallist and Geological Society Wollaston Medallist Noel Odell English geologist and mountaineer oxygen officer for the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition Richard Dixon Oldham FRS Irish geologist who first identified seismic p and s waves and found the first evidence for the Earth s core President of the Geological Society 1920 1922 Benjamin Neeve Peach FRS geologist in the Geological Survey who resolved the formation of the Scottish Highlands Sir Andrew Ramsay FRS Scottish geologist and glaciologist Geological Society Wollaston Medallist and president 1872 John G Ramsay British structural geologist Geological Society Wollaston Medallist Herbert Harold Read British geologist who performed much work on the origins of granite Geological Society Wollaston Medallist Thomas Arthur Rickard mining engineer and also publisher and author on mine engineering subjects after whom Rickardite is named Sir Aurelian Ridsdale politician and chairman of the British Red Cross Society 1912 1914 Professor John Anthony Sydney Ritson OBE DSO international rugby player England and the British Lions decorated soldier and mining engineer William Saville Kent marine biologist and author Professor Douglas Shearman British sedimentologist Geological Society Wollaston Medallist Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth FRS president of the Geological Society 1866 1868 William Johnson Sollas FRS geologist and anthropologist President of the Geological Society 1908 1910 George Reginald Starr DSO MC mining engineer and Special Operations Executive officer Ralph Tate British born Australian botanist and geologist President of the Royal Society of South Australia 1878 1879 Sir Julius Vogel Prime Minister of New Zealand 1873 1875 Professor George P L Walker FRS mineralogist and volcanologist Geological Society Wollaston Medallist and IAVCEI Thorarinsson Medallist Professor Janet Watson FRS igneous and metamorphic petrologist First female president of the Geological Society 1982 1984 Sir Julius Wernher German born Randlord and art collector Howel Williams leading volcanologist Robert Willis engineer engineer and architectural historian Peter Harding Royal School of Mines metallurgist and captured WWII pilot 1919 2006 George Ekem Ferguson a Fante in the then Gold Coast who after his education at the RSM went on to negotiate treaties in the upper savannah of the Gold Coast 14 List of deans edit Before it was incorporated into the Faculty of Engineering the school was led by a dean The deans were 15 1943 45 Herbert Harold Read FRS 1945 47 William Richard Jones 1947 49 John Anthony Sydney Ritson 1950 51 Cecil William Dannatt 1952 59 David Williams 1959 62 James Cecil Micheson 1962 65 John Geoffrey Ball 1965 68 John Sutton FRS 1968 71 Marston Grieg Fleming FREng 1971 74 John Geoffrey Ball 2nd term 1974 77 John Sutton FRS 2nd term 1977 80 Peter Lynn Pratt 1980 83 John Lawrence Knill 1983 86 Edwin Thomas Brown FREng 1986 89 David William Pashley FRS 1989 91 John Stuart Archer FREng 1991 95 Charles Timothy Shaw 1995 98 Rees David Rawlings 1998 2000 John Anthony Kilner 2000 04 Andrew John MonhemiusReferences edit Visit us Imperial College London www imperial ac uk Retrieved 3 June 2016 a b A timeline of College developments Imperial College London Retrieved 15 November 2019 ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Historic England Retrieved 29 February 2020 History of the RSM Royal School of Mines Union website Retrieved 17 December 2010 New Faculty of Natural Sciences to be formed at Imperial College London Imperial College London Retrieved 15 November 2019 About the RSM Royal School of Mines Union website Retrieved 18 December 2010 a b Albertopolis Royal School of Mines Royal Institute of British Architects Archived from the original on 21 January 2012 Retrieved 17 December 2010 History of the RSM Royal School of Mines Union website Retrieved 18 December 2010 Davy 11 February 2013 RSM Motor Club History of the RSMA Royal School of Mines Association website Retrieved 25 November 2015 CRESWELL Lt Col Hon Frederic Hugh Page in Who Was Who 1941 1950 London A amp C Black 1980 reprint ISBN 0 7136 2131 1 Passages William Sefton Fyfe C C FRS FRS C FRS NZ Geolog 42 4 Geological Association of Canada 15 16 Winter 2014 Arhin Kwame ed The Papers of George Ekem Ferguson A Fanti Official of the Government of the Gold Coast 1890 1897 Leiden Africka Studiecentrum 1974 Hannah Gay History Of Imperial College London 1907 2007 p 752 External links editRSM Union Online RSM Association Department of Earth Science Department of Materials Lists of Royal School of Mines students Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Royal School of Mines amp oldid 1199606574, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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