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Whitworth Society is

The Whitworth Society was established by Hele-Shaw in 1923 for Whitworth Scholars, Prizemen and Exhibitions to commemorate the life of Sir Joseph Whitworth. Today there are over three hundred Whitworth Scholar that are members of the Society. These are in almost every walk of engineering from computational modelling to the delivery fo renewable energy projects.

Scholarship
Today there are two forms of scholarship funded by Sir Joseph's

History
In 1868 Joseph Whitworth went to Disral, then PM for the UK, and offered to fund and establish the Whiworth Scholarship for apprentices to read for degrees in engineering as he believed the combination of practiacal experience of an apprenticeship and theoretical knowledge of a unversity eduction would develop leaders of engineering. The first ever Whitworth Scholar was employed out of his degree as a board member at Sir Josephs company in Manchester.