Person Skempton; Sir; Alec Westley (1914 - 2001) Skempton Alec Westley Sir 1914 - 2001 British Male Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 04/06/1914 19140604 09/08/2001 20010809

Education: Northampton Grammar School; City and Guilds College, London (1932). PhD Career: Staff, Building Research Station (BRS) (1936); worked on reinforced concrete; staff, soil mechanics laboratory, BRS (1937-1946); his work included Waterloo Bridge, Gosport Dockyard, Eau Brink Cut channel of the River Ouse near King's Lynn; established Soil Mechanics course, Imperial College, London (1945); Senior Lecturer (1946); established post-graduate Soil Mechanics course (1950); Professor of Soil Mechanics (1955); Head of Department (1957-1976); Professor of Civil Engineering (from 1957); Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow (from 1981); edited work on John Smeaton (FRS 1753); played the flute and croquet Honours: Kt 2000 Memberships: MICE (Vice-President 1974-1976) Married Mary Wood (known as Nancy) (she died 1993); two daughters Fellow 16/03/1961 46 Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2003 vol 49 pp 509-520, plate, by Richard J Chandler International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 4 Jun 1914 - 9 Aug 2001 NA7835 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes bdca827a-1e37-41c2-991a-b2759cdd660c