Introduction

The Skempton and Bishop databases are fully searchable and can generate their own web pages, thereby making an accessible front end of the catalogues for users. This website includes access to the Skempton and Bishop catalogues, information on Skempton and Bishop and some images from their archives. It is also linked to other resources from some of their international contemporaries and colleagues.

Professor Sir Alec Skempton
was a prolific researcher, which resulted in his leaving a large mass of papers, maps, books and photographic material, both at his home and in his office at Imperial College.

The archive is therefore made up of these materials. The task of bringing this together, ordering it in such a way that would be recognizable to Skempton himself and to future researchers has also been huge!

The archival order must reflect the man and his important work for the profession and teaching of civil engineering. His place in the founding of the science of soil mechanics must be drawn out, as well as his essential collaborations with colleagues at Imperial and elsewhere, including, importantly, Karl Terzaghi.

Professor Alan Bishop

These pages provide scholarly information on the life, careers and legacy to Soil Science of Professor Sir Alec Skempton and Professor Alan Bishop.

The catalogues of their papers can be accessed via the links listed to the left.