Prof. Dr William Selim Hanna (1896–1980), Egypt

Abstract

Prof. Dr William Selim Hanna (Fig. 1) was born in Assiut (south Egypt) in 1896. He completed his education in Alexandria and received his civil engineering diploma from the School of El-Mohandeskhana (now Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University) in 1920. He studied further and completed a civil engineering degree with Honours at Birmingham University, UK in 1923. In 1926, he received a PhD from the same university; after which he returned to Cairo.