The Engineer(UK magazine)
| Editor | Jon Excell |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founder | Edward Charles Healey |
| First issue | 4 January 1856 |
| Company | Mark Allen Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | London |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0013-7758 |
The Engineeris a London-based monthly magazine and website covering the latest developments and business news inengineeringand technology in the UK[1]and internationally.
History and description[edit]
The Engineerwas founded in January 1856. It was established by Edward Charles Healey, an entrepreneur and engineering enthusiast with financial interests in the railways whose friends includedRobert StephensonandIsambard Kingdom Brunel.The journal was created as a technical magazine for engineers.[2]
The Engineerbegan covering engineering including inventions and patents during a high point of British economic manufacturing power. In the 19th century it also published stock prices of raw materials. Together with the contemporaryEngineeringjournal the work is considered a valuable historical resource for the study of British economic history.[3]Early editors included Vaughan Pendred (1865–1905),Loughnan St Lawrence Pendred(1905–46) and Benjamin Pendred (from 1946).[4][5]
On 10 July 2012 the magazine announced its final print edition, the editor Jon Excell citing "increasing distribution and production costs, and the impact of an ongoing economic crisis on advertising revenues [which] have conspired to create a challenging environment for magazine publishers".[6]The owner ofThe Engineer,Centaur Media proposed to focus the magazine’s editorial and commercial resources on growing the website, which had relaunched in 2009, and other digital products. According to Excell, demand for the print edition was such that after a 12-month hiatus,The Engineerreturned as a monthly print magazine in September 2013.[7]As of 2019,The Engineerpublishes 10 issues a year and has a presence on social media and the news aggregator Flipboard. The magazine runs an annual conference for the industry and an annual awards ceremony for the encouragement of collaboration in innovation.[8]The Engineerwas acquired from Centaur Media by the Mark Allen Group in June 2019.[9]
See also[edit]
- Engineer,house magazine of theU.S. Army Engineer School
References[edit]
- ^Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2017.Bloomsbury Publishing. 28 July 2016. p. 54.ISBN978-1-4729-2866-5.Retrieved24 October2016.
- ^"History of" The Engineer ""(PDF),The Engineer,vol. (Centenary Number) 4 January 1956, pp. 146–148
- ^E.H. Fowkes (1963),"Railway History and the Local Historian"(PDF),East Yorkshire Local History Series,no. 16, East Yorkshire Local History Society, p. 40, archived fromthe original(PDF)on 14 July 2014
- ^"Mr. L. St. L. Pendred",The Times,no. 52785, p. 8, 21 November 1953
- ^"Family's 100 years of editing",The Times,no. 56483, p. 7, 19 November 1965
- ^Jon Excell, "Moving on(line)",The Engineer:5,
After 156 year of chronicling the highlights of UK engineering innovation, this is the final fortnightly print edition ofThe Engineermagazine
- ^Jon Excell,An important announcement about the future of The Engineer
- ^Collaborate to Innovate Awards
- ^Walker, James (9 May 2019)."Centaur Media sells engineering titles to Mark Allen Group as profits climb".Press Gazette.Retrieved31 October2019.
Further reading[edit]
- Mortimer, John; Taphouse, Ralph; Beatson, Cedric (1976).The Engineer — Highlights of 120 Years.Morgan-Grampian Ltd.
- Priest, W. J. (1956). "Centenary ofThe Engineer".Nature.177(4497): 10–11.Bibcode:1956Natur.177...10P.doi:10.1038/177010a0.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Grace's Guidehas full text of most articles from 1856 to 1960 (paywalled).
- 1856 establishments in the United Kingdom
- Biweekly magazines published in the United Kingdom
- Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
- Science and technology magazines published in the United Kingdom
- Engineering magazines
- Magazines published in London
- Magazines established in 1856
- Professional and trade magazines
- Rail transport magazines published in the United Kingdom