Professor
Sir Alec Skempton
Landmark Years 1914 - 1957 |
Professor Alec W. Skempton |
1914
Alec Westley Skempton was
born on 4th June, Northampton. He attended Northampton Grammar School |
1932
He studied civil
engineering at Imperial College (City & Guilds College). |
1936
He joined the Building
Research Station. |
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1937
Soil Mechanics
Laboratory, Building Research Station.. |
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1945
Established Soil
Mechanics Course at Imperial College
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1947
Founding member of the
ICE Soil Mechanics & Foundations Committee |
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1950
First postgraduate course in Soil Mechanics,
Imperial College |
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1955
Appointed Chair of Soil Mechanics, Imperial
College.
Gave his inaugural lecture on 8th November
entitled "Soil Mechanics and its Place in the University".
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1957
Head of Department of Civil Engineering
(until 1976), Imperial College.
Elected President of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and
Foundation Engineering. |
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We gratefully acknowledge permission granted
by the Institution of Civil Engineers
allowing us to reproduce items
from their journal "Geotechnique". |
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