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Person · fl.1914-1947
Member of Polytechnic staff for over 33 years. First joined as a lecturer in electrical engineering. Became Head of Electrical Engineering when Walter Hibbert retired and Head of the School of Engineering on the retirement of Professor Horne in 1929.
Retired in 1947.
Person · fl.1948-1960

Became Organiser of Physical Education and Social Activities for Men in January 1948.

'Mr. Edmundson holds the London University Teachers' Certificate and also the Diploma in Physical Education of the Carnegie Physical Training College with Distinction in Teaching. He has had considerable experience in teaching, and in 1938 was appointed Assistant Organiser of Physical Education under the Middlesex County Council. He had a distinguished war record. Soon after being commissioned in the Royal Fusiliers he was awarded the M.C. in North Africa. Afterwards he held several important administrative posts connected with Physical Training and Sports Training in the Mediterranean theatre. At the present time he is LieutColonel Commanding a Cadet Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.' (The Polytechnic Magazine, Jan 1948)

Person · 23 Sep 1931-Feb 2017
Joined RSP in 1962 as a Senior Lecturer and was appointed a Pro-Director in 1971
He became Senior Pro-Rector in 1974, a position that was made permanent in 1979.
Appointed Rector in 1984 and retired in 1995.
Degrees: PhD (1961), DSc (1973) both University of London
His work in radiation dosimetry earned him an international reputation in the world of Medical Physics
Member of the British Committee on Radiation Units and Measurement.
c.1984 Chairman of a 'Task Group of the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurement charged with a particularly difficult task in the field of radiation, protection measurements'.
Member of the Council of the Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence.
Produced 84 research publications.
Whilst a Senior Pro-Director he helped build PCL's research programme to the largest of any of the 30 polys totalling £2.5 million.
Person · 1874-06 Feb 1946
Joined the staff of the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Art in 1921 as a teacher of Antique which he taught until 1937.
In 1937-1939 he taught Landscape and Still Life Painting.
He retired in 1939 and lived in Taunton, Somerset during his retirement.
Studied at the Royal Academy between 1897-1902
Morrison, Matthew
Person
Biography: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/morrison-matthew
Person · d.16 July 1926

In January, 1913, Louie Bagley was appointed Head of the Polytechnic School of Elocution (as it was then known) in conjunction with the late Captain George Goodes. Captain Goodes was killed in the War in 1915, and from that time Miss Bagley carried on alone. Under her guidance the School developed as the School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art.
She remained Head of the School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art until her death in 1926.

Wrote the following books:
Elocution Do's and Dont's
The Spoken Word