What is recorded here
This maroon commemorative plaque records: In Honor of Fleeming Jenkin 1833-1885. First regius chair of engineering in the UK, bestowed on this University in 1868. Recorded plaque organisation: The University of Edinburgh.
Fleeming Jenkin was a prominent Scottish engineer and scientist who became the first Regius Chair of Engineering in the United Kingdom at the University of Edinburgh in 1868, significantly contributing to the establishment of engineering as an academic discipline.
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