Institution of Electrical Engineers
Illustration — IEE logo The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and information technology professionals, especially electrical engineers. It began in 1871 as the Society of Telegraph Engineers. In 2006, it merged with the Institution of Incorporated Engineers and the new organisation is Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
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Institution of Electrical Engineers
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- 1871
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- 2006
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Illustration — IEE logo The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and information technology professionals, especially electrical engineers. It began in 1871 as the Society of Telegraph Engineers. In 2006, it merged with the Institution of Incorporated Engineers and the new organisation is Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
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Notable past presidents have included Lord Kelvin (1889), Sir Joseph Swan (1898) and Sebastian de Ferranti (1910–11). Notable chairmen include John M.
• Illustration — The old crest of IEE, UK The IEE was founded in 1871 as the Society of Telegraph Engineers, changed its name in 1880 to the Society of Telegraph Engineers and Electricians and changed to the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1888. It was Incorporated by a Royal Charter in 1921. • Illustration — Since 1909 the IEE (latterly the IET) has had its headquarters at Savoy Place on the Victoria Embankment. In 1988 the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) merged with the Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers (IERE), originally the British Institution of Radio Engineers (Brit IRE) founded in 1925. By the mid-2000s, the IEE was the largest professional engineering society in Europe, with a worldwide membership of around 120,000. Discussions about a merger with the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) under a new name started in 2004, and following membership voting, the IEE merged with the IIE on 31 March 2006 to form the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
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The IEE was the publisher of the British Standard for Electrical wiring in the United Kingdom, BS 7671. This is now published by the IET.
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1871
Institution of Electrical Engineers established.
1871
Institution of Electrical Engineers is recorded from 1871.
1947
'Some Characteristics of a Human Operator, by J A V Bates, reprint from the <i>Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers</i>, Vol. 94, Part IIA, No. 2 (Wellcome Collection).
1954
Autotrophic micro-organisms: Fourth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, April 1954 / [edited by B.A. Fry and J.L. Peel]. (Wellcome Collection).
1955
Basic design temperatures for space-heating / by a Study Committee convened by the Councils of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the Institution of Gas Engineers and the Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. (Wellcome Collection).
1968
Basic problems of prehension, movement and control of artificial limbs: a symposium arranged by the Automatic Control Group and the Manipulative Handling Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Professional Group C6 of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 31st October and 1st November 1968. (Wellcome Collection).
1969
Basic problems of prehension, movement and control of artificial limbs: a symposium arranged by the Automatic Control Group and the Manipulative Handling Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Professional Group C6 of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 31st October and 1st November 1968. is dated [1969] and held by Wellcome Collection.
1995
A new kind of vision: the discovery of x-rays an IEE archives exhibition. is dated [1995?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
2006
Institution of Electrical Engineers ceased.
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