Archibald Barr, 1855-1931

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Emeritus Professor Archibald Barr died on August 5,1931, in his seventy-sixth year, after a brief illness and an operation, from the shock of which he failed to recover. His preliminary education was received at the Grammar School of his native town, Paisley, with the weaving industry of which both his father and grandfather had been associated. Thereafter he proceeded to Glasgow University, where he matriculated as a student of Engineering. To Messrs. A. E. Craig & Co., of Paisley, manufacturers of spinning and weaving machinery, he was indebted for his apprenticeship training, a portion of which was served on the Sandwich System during the college summer terms. Both mentally and athletically he was quickly recognised as a student of outstanding ability. In the International Lacrosse Match against Ireland he was a member of the Scottish team. His record as a brilliant student earned for him the appointment as James Young Assistant to Professor James Thomson, who occupied the Chair of Civil Engineering and Mechanics. This position he obtained at the early age of twenty-one, and soon thereafter he received the degree of Doctor of Science of his University.

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