Sir Edwin Chadwick, who the professorship is named after
The Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering is a professorship at University College London. It is named after Sir Edwin Chadwick, a Victorian social reformer who worked to improve sanitation conditions.[1] The professorship was established in 1898 as the Chadwick Professorship of Municipal Engineering, with Edwin Chadwick's son Osbert Chadwick serving as the first professor.[1]