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Dorothy Rowntree, (16 January 1903 – 5 February 1988) was the first woman in the UK to qualify in naval architecture and the first woman to graduate in engineering from the University of Glasgow.

Early life

Dorothy Rowntree was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1903. At the time of Dorothy Rowntree's matriculation at the University of Glasgow, her father, Robert Stanley Rowntree, was a surveyor to Lloyd's Register of Shipping and Dorothy is registered as living in Westbourne Gardens, in Kelvinside, an area of Glasgow.

Education

Rowntree began studying at the University of Glasgow in the academic year 1922/23. She achieved a BSc Engineering (Naval Architecture) on 24 April 1926, the first woman graduate in engineering from the University and the first woman graduate in the UK in naval architecture.

Working life

Rowntree worked in Fairfield Shipbuilding Yard then subsequently moved to Beirut, Lebanon, and worked from 1928 for President Professor Bayard Dodge, American University of Beirut. Whilst there, she wrote an article on her travelling experiences in the Middle East for The Woman Engineer, the journal of the Women's Engineering Society of which she was a member. Rowntree appears in the "Inspiring Women" list of the Women's Engineering Society.

Personal life

In Beirut, Rowntree met Norman Joly and married him. The couple lived in Palestine and Israel and returned to Lebanon in 1948. They had two sons. Rowntree died in Hampshire, in England, in 1988.

References

1. ^ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Dorothy Rowntree". universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
2. ^ "5: dorothy rowntree". Magnificent Women. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
3. HEALD, HENRIETTA. (2019). Magnificent women and their revolutionary machines. : UNBOUND. p. 226. ISBN 978-1783526604. OCLC 1080083743.
4. "The Woman Engineer Vol 2". www2.theiet.org. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
5. "The Woman Engineer Vol 3". www2.theiet.org. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
6. "Inspiring Women | Women's Engineering Society". www.wes.org.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

• 1903 births
• Engineers from Glasgow
• 1988 deaths
• Alumni of the University of Glasgow
• British naval architects
• Women's Engineering Society
• Naval architects
• 20th-century British businesspeople
• 20th-century Scottish women engineers
• 20th-century Scottish engineers
• 20th-century British businesswomen