| History | 1889: Founded the Institution of Junior Engineers [Obituary, "Nature" 19 May 1923, https://www.nature.com/articles/111678a0 accessed 30.6.2020]
1889-1891 Master, Dulwich College, London [Obituary, "Nature" 19 May 1923, https://www.nature.com/articles/111678a0 accessed 30.6.2020]
1891-1893 Senior Lecturer or Senior Assistant, Engineering Department, Yorkshire College, Leeds [Obituary, "Nature" 19 May 1923, https://www.nature.com/articles/111678a0 accessed 30.6.2020]
May 1893-1907: first Principal of Battersea Polytechnic [Douglas, (1991), p8]
1900: became a "recognised teacher" of the University of London. [Douglas, (1991), p27]
1906: invited to Egypt to advise on technical education. [Arrowsmith (1966), p4, 23 and 24]
1907: accepted post of Director General of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Education in Egypt [Douglas, R (1991), p22]
ROLES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
ACHIEVEMENTS AT BATTERSEA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
Credited with identifying Battersea Polytechnic's potential to provide higher education [Douglas (1991), p10, quoting obituary in Battersea Polytechnic Magazine, 15, lxvi, 1923 p2-3].
COMMEMORATIONS AND HONOURS
University of Surrey student accommodation, the Wells Building, part of the Battersea Court complex on the Stag Hill campus in Guildford, was named after him.
Wells Medal: presented by the London and South West Railway for the best mechanical engineering student. (Arrowsmith, (1966) p4, 23 and 24] |