IET ANNIVERSARY FEATURES
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1898 1899
● Science Abstracts is fi rst published, later the basis of IET Inspec
● Hertha Ayrton becomes the fi rst woman member of the IEE (also the fi rst woman to present a paper to the IEE)
1948 1899 1900
● T e fi rst Local Sections
are established in Newcastle, Glasgow, Dublin and Cape Town in South Africa
● Guglielmo Marconi gives a lecture on
‘Wireless Telegraphy’ – it is so popular it is repeated at Exeter Hall
1941 ● Coat of
Arms granted to the IEE
1946
● T e IEE hosts a convention on radiolocation, the fi rst
to discuss wartime
developments in radar and radiolocation
1953
● Elizabeth II becomes Patron of the IEE
1960 1961 2020
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● Honours graduates in physics made
exempt from the IEE membership exam
● British Institution of Radio Engineers (later the IERE) is granted its fi rst Charter
● Inspec reaches 20 million records
● T e IET2021 celebrates its 150th anniversary 1962 1963
IEE membership reaches 50,000
IEE is registered as a charity
1965 2018 2019
● Electronics Letters is launched
● IET Volunteer Core Value Awards are launched
● T e Present Around the World competition goes online, widening global access
30 CABLEtalk AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021 1966
● T e IEE Post-War Planning Committee on Electrical Installations begins work – it later publishes a report
recommending the three-pin plug and ring circuit
1944
● T e IEE endows a fi ve-year Chair of Electrical Engineering at the University of Cambridge
1934 1936
● T e IEE acquires its
fi rst computer ● Charles Kao and George
Hockham
publish their paper on fi bre optics in the Proceedings of the IEE
2017
● IET Guide to Electrical Installations in Medical Locations is published ● 40-year anniversary of the IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards ● Gender Diversity Ambassador Award launched
2015
● Naomi Climer becomes fi rst female IET President ● T e IET Volunteer Medal is launched
2016 ● Savoy Place
offi cially reopened by HRH T e Princess Royal after a major refurbishment
1967
● T e Northern Society of Electrical Engineers merges with the IEE and forms the Manchester Local Section
● Recording past Faraday Medallists and Honorary Fellows begins.
● George VI becomes Patron of the IEE
● First IEE book is published
1969
● Inspec is established ● CEI examinations replace IEE examinations
2013
● IET Achievement Medals are launched, amalgamating previous medals into fi ve annual awards for excellence ● First scholarship established ● Apprentice and Technician of the Year awards launched
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