Worsnop, Dr BL (fl.1932-1958), Headmaster of Polytechnic Secondary School

Dr Worsnop was appointed as Head of the Department of Mathematics and Physics in 1932 and he was Headmaster of the Polytechnic Secondary School from 1937-1958.

Dr Worsnop was educated at King's College, London, where he obtained his B.Sc. Degree with First Class Honours in Physics in 1913 and was awarded the Jelf Medal in Science for the best student of the year. He then attended the Department of Education of the College for a year's training in teaching. In 1914 he obtained the Teachers' Diploma, the Langton Research Scholarship, and was elected an Associate of King's College.

During the War, Dr Worsnop was in charge of a Sound Ranging Section R.E . in France, and after the War he founded the survey section of the University of London O .T .C., which he commanded until 1935.

In 1919, he was appointed as a lecturer in Physics a t King's College and later as senior lecturer, Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Science, and special lecturer in radiology. For his research work on X-rays he was awarded the PhD Degree in 1927. He has been for many years a member of the Council of the Institute of Physics.

Dr Worsnop wrote and edited a number of important books on Physics, including the well-known ' ' Advanced Practical Physics for Students, " by Worsnop and Flint, and a series of Physical Monographs published by Methuen.

[Taken from the Polytechnic Magazine, September 1937]