Bernard Neal
Bernard George Neal (29 March 1922 – 26 March 2016) was a professor of structural engineering at Imperial College London and the winner of the All England croquet championship on 38 occasions.[1][2][3][4]
Croquet[]
Bernard Neal won the Open Championship twice (1972 and 1973)[5] and the Men's Championship in 1967.[6][7]
Neal represented England and latterly Great Britain in three MacRobertson Shield tournaments, winning on two occasions.[8][7]
As an administrator, Neal served on the Council of the Croquet Association from 1966 to 2009, serving as Chairman (1972 to 1974), Vice President (1996 to 2004) and President (2004 to 2009).[8][9]
In 2010, Neal was inducted into the World Croquet Federation Hall of Fame.[10]
Academic[]
He was elected to the fellowship of The Royal Academy of Engineering in 1980.[11]
Selected publications[]
- Structures and the applied scientist. University College of Swansea, Swansea, 1955.
- The plastic methods of structural analysis. Chapman & Hall, 1956.
- Structural theorems and their applications. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1964. (Commonwealth and International Library)
References[]
- ^ "Wimbledon champion of champions". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Croquet News". Croquet.org.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Professor Bernard Neal | | The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Reporter - In Brief". Imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "The Open Championship". Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Men's Championship 1967". Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ a b Prichard, DMC (1981). The History Of Croquet. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-30759-9.
- ^ a b The Croquet Association Centenary Year Book 1897–1997. The Croquet Association. 1997. ISBN 0-902758-05-5.
- ^ Townsend's croquet almanack. Townsend Croquet Ltd. 1988. ISBN 1-871714-00-1.
- ^ "WCF Hall of Fame". World Croquet Federation. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Imperial College obituary". Imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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