JF Peck Collection c1915-1960s

Peck John Frederick 1897-1972

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Loughborough College of Technology

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Loughborough College of Technology was formed in 1952 when Loughborough College was divided into four separate institutions reflecting its main areas of interest. While Loughborough Training College, Loughborough College of Art, and Loughborough College of Further Education continued to be maintained by Leicestershire County Council, Loughborough College of Technology was financed by a direct grant from the Ministry of Education and had a national board of governors. As its predecessor, Loughbor...

Peck, John Frederick

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Professor John Frederick Peck, Wh Ex, BSc (Eng), ACGI, C Eng, FICE, FIMechE (3 March 1897-3 April 1971) was an Emeritus Professor of Loughborough University of Technology; and former Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Loughborough College of Technology. John Peck began his career as an engineering apprentice at Chatham Dockyard 1912-18 and served as an engine room artificer on destroyers and light cruisers during the First World War. After the war he won a Whitworth Exhibition and a ...

Loughborough College

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The origins of the present Loughborough University lie in Loughborough College which began life as the Loughborough Technical Institute. This was set up by Leicestershire County Council in 1909 to provide local facilities for further education. Courses in science, art and technology were taught in day and evening classes. During the First World War, the Technical Institute, on the initiative of an energetic new Principal, Herbert Schofield, became an 'Instructional Factory' for the Ministry of M...