Bertram Hopkinson

Professor, Colonel
Bertram Hopkinson
Born(1874-01-11)11 January 1874
Died26 August 1918(1918-08-26) (aged 44)
England
Resting placeAscension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge
EducationSt Paul's School, London, King's College, London, Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Professor of mechanism and applied mechanics, University of Cambridge
Engineering career
DisciplineCivil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, patent law
InstitutionsInstitution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society

Bertram Hopkinson CMG FRS MIEE MICE (11 January 1874 – 26 August 1918) was a British patent lawyer and Professor of Mechanism and Applied Mechanics at Cambridge University. In this position he researched flames, explosions and metallurgy and became a pioneer designer of the internal combustion engine.