Robb, Andrew McCance, 1887-1968, Professor in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering : University of Glasgow, Scotland,

Andrew McCance Robb (1887-1968) was a graduate of Glasgow University who later became Professor of Naval Architecture, 1944 to 1957. He trained with Messrs G L Watson before receiving the Scholarship of the Institution of Naval Architecture to study at the University of Glasgow. He graduated BSc (1910), gaining the Kirk Memorial Prize, and DSc (1921). He was awarded an honorary LLD in 1958.

After receiving his BSc degree Robb worked as an assistant to Sir John Harvard Biles in the Department of Naval Architecture, 1912 to 1916. He served briefly in the army in Mesopotamia in 1916, then returned to Britain as an assistant in the Department of Deputy-Controller for Auxiliary Shipbuilding and as Controller-General of Merchant Shipbuilding from 1917 to 1919; he was also employed as a technical assistant by the shipbuilders Harland & Wolff. In 1920, Robb returned to the University as Biles' assistant. He established himself in business as a consulting naval architect from 1925 until his appointment to the University chair in 1944. He later became Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.

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