Michael Horne


Michael Rex Horne OBE FREng, FRS was an English structural engineer, scientist and academic who pioneered the theory of the Plastic Design of Structures.

Early life and education

Horne was born in Leicester, England on 29 December 1921. He was educated at Boston Grammar School, Leeds Grammar School and St John’s College, Cambridge where he graduated in Mechanical Sciences with first class honours in 1941

Career

After graduation Horne worked as an assistant engineer for the River Great Ouse Catchment Board before moving back to Cambridge to work with John Baker, Baron Baker, :de:Jacques Heyman and Bernard Neal.
In 1960 Horne moved to the chair of Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester. Horne served on the Merrison Committee of Enquiry into the Collapse of Box Girder Bridges
Horne was President of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1980-81

Awards and honours