Bernard Neal
British croquet player, structural engineer and university teacher
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| Intro | British croquet player, structural engineer and university teacher | |||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |||
| was | Athlete Croquet player Civil engineer Engineer Structural engineer Professor Educator | |||
| Work field | Academia Engineering Sports | |||
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| Birth | 29 March 1922 | |||
| Death | 26 March 2016 (aged 94 years) | |||
| Star sign | Aries | |||
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Biography
Bernard George Neal (29 March 1922 – 26 March 2016) was a professor of structural engineering at Imperial College London and the winner of the All England croquet championship on 38 occasions.
Bernard Neal won the Open Championship twice (1972 and 1973) and the Men's Championship in 1967.
Neal represented England and latterly Great Britain in three MacRobertson Shield tournaments, winning on two occasions.
As an administrator, Neal served on the Council of the Croquet Association from 1966 to 2009, serving as Chairman (1972 to 1974), Vice President (1996 to 2004) and President (2004 to 2009).
In 2010, Neal was inducted into the World Croquet Federation Hall of Fame.
Selected publications
- Structures and the applied scientist. University College of Swansea, Swansea, 1955.
- The plastic methods of structural analysis. Chapman & Hall, 1956.
- Structural theorems and their applications. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1964. (Commonwealth and International Library)